Tag: XRF

ICOMOS Augmented Reality ARtifact

Augmented Reality App for conservators

CHSOS presented with University of California San Diego an Augmented Reality app – ARtifact [1]. This app uses the see-through camera on tablets to recognize the work of art being studied and overlay elements of diagnostic imaging and analytical data. This app allows to merge imaging data and spectral analysis in one singular platform, where

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euromed 2014 Syracuse catacombs

EuroMed 2014. Pigments of Roman wall paintings in Syracuse Catacombs

CHSOS was at EuroMed 2014, Cyprus (Nov 3-8 ), a conference on digital documentation of heritage for conservation and protection. Samantha Stout, PhD student at CISA3 – University of California San Diego, presented a poster and a short talk on the field project carried out with CHSOS in the Catacombs of San Giovanni, Syracuse, Sicily. These are

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Aci Sant'Antonio frescoes juda kiss

We made the cover story! Discovered Frescoes in Sicily

Just published on the free online magazine, Archeomatica, 2, 2014. This paper presents the discovery of these frescoes and their examination performed with technical photography, XRF, and FORS (Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy).  This paper steams from a collaboration that CHSOS has had  with University of California San Diego (XRF spectroscopy) and GHT Photonics (FORS spectroscopy)

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