TeraHertz imaging of hidden paint layers on canvas

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3407-3416

  Adam, Aurèle J L ^a   Planken, Paul C M ^a   Meloni, Sabrina ^b   Dik, Joris ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Mauritshuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAINT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ART HISTORIANS; IMAGING METHOD; INFRARED REFLECTOGRAPHY; LEAD WHITE; PAINT LAYERS; PAINTING ON CANVAS; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 61549088832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003407     Document Type: Article

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