Digital Image Restoration The mission of the this laboratory is to apply digital imaging algorithms and technologies to clarify ancient documents, including text material written on parchment and papyrus and on and within clay tablets. Imaging technologies including digital electronic cameras and xerographic printers are used to gather and print images, and image processing algorithms are developed and applied for monochrome, color, and multispectral images.
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The lab is partially funded by a Center for Advanced Technology Grant (CAT), which is a grant program administered by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation. The CAT helps support the Center for Electronic Imaging Systems, which is a joint effort of the University of Rochester and RIT. The CAT program is intended to facilitate and encourage economic growth in New York State by funding promising new technologies that may lead to establishment of new employment.
Besides the Dead Sea Scrolls, the lab also works on the imaging of low-relief clay tablets with raking illumination to bring out features as well as forensic imaging (image clarification and enhancement) applied to evidence.
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Methodology of Digital Image Restoration
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 February 2006 )
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