X-ray radiology applies one-shot or tile-by-tile large-area scanning of objects (flat objects, paintings) up to 1000 mm x 800 mm, available resolution in order of units of um). The Twinned Orthogonal Adjustable Tomograph in ITAM (TORATOM) allows for tile-by-tile large-area scanning of objects (flat objects, paintings) up to 1000 mm x 800 mm, available resolution in order of units of um).
Fields of application
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Cultural heritage
art, decorative arts, manuscript, painting, papyrus, textile
Materials
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inorganic
glass, pigment
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organic
wood, paper, textiles
TOOLS
X-ray 3D Computed Tomography (CT) is a nondestructive scanning technology that allows to view and inspect the external and internal structures of an object in 3D space. Computed Tomography works by taking hundreds or thousands of 2D Digital Radiography projections around a 360 degree rotation of an object. Proprietary algorithms are then used to reconstruct...