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<p>Ancient jade artifacts often develop complex weathering and surface-to-near-surface alterations that are not apparent under visual inspection. This study proposes an unsupervised thermographic framework integrating pulsed thermography (PT), long-pulsed thermography (LPT), and Self-Organizing Map (SOM) clustering for non-invasive, label-free assessment. A differential Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR) encoding separates depth-sensitive information: zero-order PT-TSR retains surface-dominated responses, whereas first-order LPT-TSR suppresses surface effects and enhances deeper diffusion contrasts. SOM directly operates on high-dimensional thermal sequences without aggressive feature compression, preserving response topology to cluster alteration-related thermophysical patterns and depth-dependent heterogeneity. Validation on a reference sample demonstrates reliable discrimination between shallow and deeper thermal features. Applied to a Shang-dynasty jade dagger, the method maps alteration-depth variations, identifies vulnerable regions, and reveals previously undocumented traces consistent with hafting, use-related contact, or burial contact–induced alteration (qin). The approach provides a physically interpretable and broadly applicable workflow for mineral-based cultural heritage diagnostics.</p>

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Physically interpretable unsupervised thermographic clustering for structural alteration diagnostics in ancient jade artifacts

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    2026年3月12日

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  • Haifeng Tang,
  • Xue Yang,
  • Jue Lian,
  • Jin Li,
  • Zhenglin Xie,
  • Beichen Chen,
  • Guangkuo Yuan

摘要

Ancient jade artifacts often develop complex weathering and surface-to-near-surface alterations that are not apparent under visual inspection. This study proposes an unsupervised thermographic framework integrating pulsed thermography (PT), long-pulsed thermography (LPT), and Self-Organizing Map (SOM) clustering for non-invasive, label-free assessment. A differential Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR) encoding separates depth-sensitive information: zero-order PT-TSR retains surface-dominated responses, whereas first-order LPT-TSR suppresses surface effects and enhances deeper diffusion contrasts. SOM directly operates on high-dimensional thermal sequences without aggressive feature compression, preserving response topology to cluster alteration-related thermophysical patterns and depth-dependent heterogeneity. Validation on a reference sample demonstrates reliable discrimination between shallow and deeper thermal features. Applied to a Shang-dynasty jade dagger, the method maps alteration-depth variations, identifies vulnerable regions, and reveals previously undocumented traces consistent with hafting, use-related contact, or burial contact–induced alteration (qin). The approach provides a physically interpretable and broadly applicable workflow for mineral-based cultural heritage diagnostics.