1. They go through the pictures without touching them! (A Swiss Television Video on OCT in Art)

    Explore Article Nouvelles tendances & technologies (Jul 5 2010)

    They go through the pictures without touching them! (A Swiss Television Video on OCT in Art) Text translation of the web page can be obtained using Google Language Tools. A new technique useful in the restoration attracting interest from major museums. Using a method derived from ophthalmology, researchers are able to get inside even works of art! Its name: optical coherence tomography. In the restoration workshops of the Museum of Art and History in Geneva, a romantic landscape painter undergoes a battery of tests. Fluorescence ultraviolet light to diagnose the condition of the varnish, and then exposed to a raking light to explore the contours of the material, Victor Lopes, the conservator of places, has ten ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Pierre & Marie Curie University   Mady Elias   Gaël Latour

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