Neutron tomography as a valuable tool for the non-destructive analysis of historical bronze sculptures

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-285

  Lehmann, E H ^a   Deschler Erb, E ^b   Ford, A ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural Heritage Objects; Neutron Imaging; Non Destructive Testing; Roman Bonzes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRONZE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PRESERVATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953904482     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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