Optical coherence tomography for art conservation & archaeology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6618, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Liang, Haida ^a   Peric, Bonslava ^a   Hughes, Michael ^b   Podoleanu, Adrian ^b   Spring, Marika ^c   Saunders, David ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c National Gallery   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Art conservation; Infrared imaging; Infrared reflectography; Low coherence interferometry; Optical coherence tomography; Paint; Pigment; Refractive index; Varnish

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; INTERFEROMETRY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; PAINT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VARNISH;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART CONSERVATION; INFRARED REFLECTOGRAPHY; LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 36248996460     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.726032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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