En-face optical coherence tomography - A novel application of non-invasive imaging to art conservation

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6133-6144

  Liang, Haida ^a   Cid, Marta Gomez ^b   Cucu, R G ^b   Dobre, G M ^b   Podoleanu, A Gh ^b   Pedro, Justin ^c   Saunders, David ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Ophthalmic Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^d National Gallery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; INTERFEROMETRY; MUSEUMS; PAINT; PAINTING; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; EYE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUE; PAINT LAYERS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 24044448967     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006133     Document Type: Article

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