MCI Imaging Studio
TECHNOLOGIES
MCI Imaging specialists have been using a number of imaging techniques to document and help understand the nature of cultural heritage materials. These techniques record variations in scale from micro to macro, two- and three-dimensions, light interactions beyond human vision, and so open up new ways of seeing.
MICROSCOPY
2008 Women's Committee Grant
MCI regularly conducts documentation and research using light microscopes that magnify up to 1000x. The primary devices are a compound light microscope and a photomacroscope.
The digital images from these instruments can be processed to reveal unseen detail, do comparative analysis, and recreate 3D structure.
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3D SCANNING
The recent proliferation of commercial three-dimensional digital scanning devices has made 3D scanning--and virtual and physical replication--a practical reality in the
field of heritage preservation. 3D scanning produces a high-precision digital reference document that records condition, provides a virtual model for replication, and makes
possible mass distribution of data. In addition to research, documentation, and replication, 3D data of artifacts are increasingly being used for museum collections storage
and packing designs.
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REFLECTANCE TRANSFORMATION IMAGING
Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) is a new imaging technique that creates hyper-realistic digital surrogates that are interactively controlled by the viewer.
This new method is based upon the synthesis of multiple digital images of a subject in a fixed position collected from a fixed camera position.
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MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING
2009 Women's Committee Grant
Infrared Reflectography and Ultraviolet Radiation are two multispectral imaging techniques used at MCI. Both methods are widely used non-destructive examination tools in art
conservation. Both methods aid in identification, characterization, condition assessment, and treatment of objects.
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HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING
High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) is a computational imaging method that uses a series of images to create a single image that more accurately represents the wide dynamic
range present. By processing several images representing a wide range of tonality, HDRI can even produce an image with a range beyond human vision.
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