New high-tech developments in the field of optics show increasing applicability not only in classical technological fields but also in the humanities. This book contains selected contributions to an international, interdisciplinary joint conference on "New Technologies in the Humanities" and "Optics Within Life Sciences". Its objective is to forward interdisciplinary information and communication between specialists in optics as well as in medicine, biology, environmental sciences, and cultural heritage. It is unique as a presentation of new optical technologies for cultural heritage protection. The contributions cover international research activities in the areas of archaeological research and new technologies, holography and interferometry, material analysis, laser cleaning, pattern recognition, unconventional microscopy, spectroscopial techniques, and profilometry.
The authors of this book are with the largest European laboratory for interdisciplinary research on coherent metrology in medical diagnostics.
This book is unique as a presentation of new optical technologies for cultural heritage protection.
Dieter Dirksen
Absorption X-ray X-ray fluorescence bone filter fluorescence glass imaging interferometry laser microscopy optics spectroscopy synchrotron radiation tomography