Virtual reading of a large ancient handwritten science book

被引：17
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作者：
Albertin, F. [1 ]
Patera, A. [2 ]
Jerjen, I. [2 ,3 ]
Hartmann, S. [4 ]
Peccenini, E. [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Kaplan, F. [8 ]
Stampanoni, M. [2 ,3 ]
Kaufmann, R. [4 ]
Margaritondo, G. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Fac Sci Base, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] PSI, Swiss Light Source, Villigen, Switzerland
[3] ETHZ, Inst Biomed Engn, Zurich, Switzerland
[4] Swiss Fed Labs Mat Sci & Technol EMPA, Ctr Xray Analyt, Dubendorf, Switzerland
[5] Univ Bologna, Dept Phys, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[6] Museo Storico Fis, Rome, Italy
[7] Ctr Studi & Ric E Fermi, Rome, Italy
[8] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Lab Humanites Digitales, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
来源：
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL | 2016年 / 125卷
关键词：
X-ray fluorescence; Iron-gall inks; Ancient manuscripts; X-ray tomography; Digitization;
D O I：
10.1016/j.microc.2015.11.024
中图分类号：
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号：
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
We present a fundamental development step of a new technique to read and digitize ancient handwritten documents. Chemical analysis by x-ray fluorescence and x-ray tomography enabled us to decipher words and drawings from inside a closed, 200-pages 18th century handwritten book. The ink chemistry is essential: tomographic reading is feasible thanks to the iron present in ancient inks (iron gall) over one millennium whereas carbon or organic inks do not provide sufficient x-ray contrast. The results presented are a key progress towards the ultimate goal of the technique: non-invasive reading of fragile and/or unopenable documents. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：185 / 189
页数：5
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