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JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Volume 27, Issue -, Pages S78-S87Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2016.01.010
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X-ray CT; Wooden musical instruments; 3D annual ring analysis; Thickness analysis; Economical evaluation
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- IWT Flanders [Strategic Basic Research - SBO 060032]
- Flemish community through Strategic Initiative Materials in Flanders
- Ghent University
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X-ray CT scanning is an invaluable technique in many research domains. Different commercial scanner types are developed, tailored to different needs, yet the Centre for X-ray Tomography of the Ghent University (UGCT) develops its own in-house open modular scanners with significant experimental freedom, both for applied research in various fields as for research on tomography itself. The maturity of the technique opens up possibilities in cultural heritage, more specifically the field of wooden musical instruments. Here, we present the possibilities and opportunities of two particular scanners at UGCT: Nanowood and HECTOR. Instruments of different size and shape can be scanned either entirely either one can focus on a specific region of the instrument, resulting in qualitative and quantitative mapping of a range of features at different spatial scales. A cello, acoustic guitar, violin and bow, pipa and standard recorder are scanned using different acquisition modes, and qualitative and quantitative assessment of different features such as general structure assessment, glue line integrity, thickness distribution mapping, volume calculations, growth ring analysis are illustrated. These examples demonstrate the flexible and powerful use of lab-based CT scanners for nondestructive research of wooden musical instruments. (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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