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    • A 3D feature-based approach for mapping scaling effects on stone monuments 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier; Bosch Geli, Carles (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2024-04-17)
      Article
      Open Access
      Weathering effects caused by physical, chemical, or biological processes result in visible damages that alter the appearance of stones’ surfaces. Consequently, weathered stone monuments can offer a distorted perception of ...
    • An annotation tool for digital restoration of wall paintings 

      Barreiro Díaz, Albert; Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Bosch Geli, Carles; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio (European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics), 2022)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Antique paintings are essential to study and understand our past. Paintings, and specifically mural paintings, are delicate artworks that are affected by multiple deterioration conditions. Weathering and human interventions ...
    • Automated digital color restitution of mural paintings using minimal art historian input 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Cayuela Vellido, Begonya; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier; Bosch Geli, Carles (Elsevier, 2023-08)
      Article
      Open Access
      Digital color restitution aims to digitally restore the original colors of a painting. Existing image editing applications can be used for this purpose, but they require a select-and-edit workflow and thus they do not scale ...
    • Digital 3D models for medieval heritage: diachronic analysis and documentation of its architecture and paintings 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Bosch Geli, Carles; Guardia Pons, Milagros; Cayuela Vellido, Begoña; Pogliani, Paola; Bordi, Giulia; Paschali, Maria; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Charalambous, Panayiotis (Springer, 2024-06-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      In this paper, we discuss the requirements and technical challenges within the EHEM project, Enhancement of Heritage Experiences: The Middle Ages, an ongoing research program for the acquisition, analysis, documentation, ...
    • Digital layered models of architecture and mural paintings over time 

      Guardia Pons, Milagros; Pogliani, Paola; Bordi, Giulia; Charalambous, Panayiotis; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier (European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics), 2021)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The European project Enhancement of Heritage Experiences: The Middle Ages. Digital Layered Models of Architecture and Mural Paintings over Time (EHEM) aims to obtain virtual reconstructions of medieval artistic heritage ...
    • Digital reconstruction of partially lost altarpieces. The case of the Rosary's altarpiece of Sant Pere Màrtir de Manresa 

      Pagès Vilà, Anna; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier; Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2024-05-15)
      Article
      Open Access
      An important challenge of Digital Cultural Heritage is to contribute to the recovery of artworks with their original shape and appearance. Many altarpieces, which are very relevant Christian art elements, have been damaged ...
    • Digital reintegration of distributed mural paintings at different architectural phases: the case of St. Quirze de Pedret 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Argudo Medrano, Óscar; Lorès Otzet, Immaculada; Font Comas, Joan; Àvila Casademont, Genís; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio (European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics), 2022)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Sant Quirze de Pedret is a Romanesque church located in Cercs (Catalonia, Spain) at the foothills of the Pyrenees. Its walls harbored one of the most important examples of mural paintings in Catalan Romanesque Art. However, ...
    • Digital Twins for medieval monuments: requirements from art historians and technical challenges for analysis and restoration 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Bosch Geli, Carles; Guardia Pons, Milagros; Cayuela Vellido, Begoña; Pogliani, Paola; Bordi, Giulia; Paschali, Maria; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Charalambous, Panayiotis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Research on Visual Computing and Cultural Heritage naturally requires the involvement of multidisciplinary teams comprising art historians and technical experts. Despite the vast literature on digital 3D models in support ...
    • Gain compensation across LIDAR scans 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Comino Trinidad, Marc; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Argudo Medrano, Óscar; Bosch Geli, Carles; Chica Calaf, Antonio; Martínez Navarro, Beatriz (2022-08)
      Article
      Open Access
      High-end Terrestrial Lidar Scanners are often equipped with RGB cameras that are used to colorize the point samples. Some of these scanners produce panoramic HDR images by encompassing the information of multiple pictures ...
    • Nightlighting 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-09)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Global illumination techniques have briefly been addressed to urban renderings. To the best of our knowledge, the algorithm we present in this master thesis is the fi rst one to compute nocturnal global illumination of a ...
    • NightLighting: a nocturnal urban illumination approach 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Patow, Gustavo Ariel (European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics), 2013)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Real time rendering of cities with realistic global illumination is still an open problem. In this paper we propose a two-step algorithm to simulate the nocturnal illumination of a city. The first step computes an approximate ...
    • Real-time solar exposure simulation in complex cities 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Bosch Geli, Carles; Merillou, Nicolas; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier; Merillou, Stephane (John Wiley & sons, 2017-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      In urban design, estimating solar exposure on complex city models is crucial but existing solutions typically focus on simplified building models and are too demanding in terms of memory and computational time. In this ...
    • Reconstrucció automàtica de models de terreny a partir d'ortofotografies 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07-05)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Català: El projecte final de carrera consisteix en el desenvolupament d'una aplicació de reconstrucció automàtica de models de terreny amb carreteres a partir d'ortofotografies. L'aplicació necessita com a entrada un model ...
    • Urban weathering: interactive rendering of polluted cities 

      Muñoz Pandiella, Imanol; Bosch Geli, Carles; Merillou, Nicolas; Patow, Gustavo Ariel; Merillou, Stephane; Pueyo Sandez, Francesc Xavier (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018-12-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Weathering effects are ubiquitous phenomena in cities. Buildings age and deteriorate over time as they interact with the environment. Pollution accumulating on facades is a particularly visible consequence of this. Even ...