Imaging the Archimedes Palimpsest

73 Pages·2005·6.07 MB·English

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Roger L. Easton, Jr.
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
Keith T. Knox
Boeing LTS
Maui, HI
William A. Christens-Barry
Equipoise Imaging and Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
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Task
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Exploratory Investigations
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Evolution of Ideas, Advances in
Technology
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“Production” Multispectral Imaging
• Constraints
• Procedure
• Results
• Image Stitching
• Access for Scholars
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Imaging Techniques to Recover Original
Text
• Collection of Images
• Processing
• Rendering
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Success Determined by Scholars
• Improvement in Text “Readability”
• Defer Efforts Toward “Reproduction”
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Importance of Cost
• Equipment
• Efficiency
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“Split” at fold due to age
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Prayer book
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Archimedes text