Roger Easton

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Research Details

Research Interests
  • Imaging of Cultural Heritage
  • Fourier Imaging

Research Category

Cultural Artifacts and Document Imaging

Personal Information

Contact Information
Room 76-2112

Phone: (585)475-5969
Fax: (585)475-5988
Email: easton@cis.rit.edu
Title and Degrees
Professor

BS (Honors) Astronomy, Haverford College, 1972
MS Physics, University of Maryland, 1979
MS Optical Sciences, Universiry of Arizona, 1983
PhD Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1986
Personal Web Page
http://www.cis.rit.edu/people/faculty/easton/index.html

Publications

BOOKS

    Easton, R..., Fourier Methods in Imaging, 1st Edition, Michael Kriss, John Wiley and Sons, Imaging Science and Technology, Chichester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom (2010)


REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

    Easton, R.L.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Knox, K.T., Ten Years of Lessons from Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 129, pp. 5-34 (2011)

    Christens-Barry, W.A.; Boydston, K.; Easton, R.L., Some Properties of Textual Heritage Materials of Importance in Spectral Imaging Projects, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 129, pp. 35-50 (2011)

    Easton, R.L.; Noel, W., Infinite Possibilities: Ten Years of Study of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, v. 154, 154, 1, pp. 50-76 (2010)

    Easton, R.L.; Noel, W., Infinite Possibilities: Ten Years of Study of the Archimedes Palimpsest, submitted to Proc. of the American Philosophical Society (2009)

    Walvoord, D.J.; Easton, R.L., Digital Transcription of Archimedes Palimpsest, IEEE Signal Processing (2008)

    Easton, R.L.; Noel, W., Multispectral Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Gazette du Livre Medieval, 45, pp. 39-49 (2004)

    Easton, R.L.; Eschbach, R.; Nagarajan, R., Error diffusion in cell-oriented holograms to compensate for printing constraints, Journal of Modern Optics, 43, 6, pp. 1219-1236 (1996)

    Eschbach, R.; Easton, R.L.; Nagarajan, R., Using adaptive quantization in cell-oriented holograms, Optics Communications, 114, pp. 370-374 (1995)

    Ninkov, Z.; Bretz, D.R.; Easton, R.L.; Shure, M., Imaging of the Central Region of IC 1805, Astronomical Journal, 110, 5, pp. 2242-2255 (1995)

    Easton, R.L., SIGNALS: Interactive Software for One-Dimensional Signal Processing, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 1, 6, pp. 489-501 (1993)

    Daels; Easton, R.L.; Eschbach, R., Analysis of threshold modulations in one-dimensional error diffusion, Optics Communications, 87, pp. 93-98 (1992)

    Steinberg, E.; Rolleston, R.J.; Easton, R.L., Analysis of random dithering patterns using second-order statistics, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 1, pp. 396-404 (1992)

    Gmitro, A.F.; Gindi, G.R.; Barrett, H.H.; Easton, R.L., Two­-dimensional image processing by one-dimensional filtering of projection data, Proceedings of the SPIE, 388 (1988)

    Milster, T.D.; Selberg, L.A.; Barrett, H.H.; Easton, R.L.; Rossi, G.R.; Arendt, J.W.; Simpson, R.G., A modular scintillation camera for use in nuclear medicine, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 31, 1 (1985)

    Ticknor, A.J.; Easton, R.L.; Barrett, H.H., A two-dimensional Radon­-Fourier transformer, Optical Engineering, 24, 1 (1985)

    Easton, R.L.; Ticknor, A.J.; Barrett, H.H., Two-dimensional complex Fourier transform via the Radon transform, Applied Optics, 24 (1985)

    Easton, R.L.; Ticknor, A.J.; Barrett, H.H., Application of the Radon transform to optical production of the Wigner distribution function, Optical Engineering, 23, 6 (1984)

    Easton, R.L.; Ticknor, A.J.; Barrett, H.H., 2-D Fourier transform by means of the Radon transform, Proc. IEEE Ultrasonics Symp., 185 (1983)

    Blodgett, J.A.; Easton, R.L., Two-stage spatial filtering for diffraction pattern analysis, Applied Optics, 20, 6, pp. 1050-1055 (1981)


REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Easton, R...; Knox, K.T.; Christens-Barry, W.A., Spectral Image Processing and Analysis of the Archimedes Palimpest, Proceedings of the European Signal and Image Processing Conference, Eurasip 2011, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1440-1444 (2011)

    Easton, R.L.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Knox, K.T., Ten Years of Lessons from Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Eikonopoiia, Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage: Technological Challenges and Solutions, Eikonopoiia, Eikonopoiia, Eikonopoiia, Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 3-26 (2010)

    Christens-Barry, W.A.; Boydston, K.; Easton, R.L., Some Properties of Textual Heritage Materials of Importance in Spectral 27 Imaging Projects, Proceedings of Eikonopoiia, Eikonopoiia, Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage: Technological Challenges and Solutions, Eikonopoiia, Proceedings of Eikon, 1, Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 27-38 (2010)


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Boydston, K., Recovery of handwritten text from the diaries and papers of David Livingstone, Proceedings of the SPIE, Society for Optical Instrumentation, Electronic Imaging 2011, 7869, San Francisco, California, United States (2011)

    Bloechl, K.; Hamlin, H.; Easton, R.L., Text Recovery from the Ultraviolet-Fluorescent Spectrum for Treatises of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Proceedings of the SPIE, Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art, Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art, Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art, 7531, San Jose, California, United States, pp. 753109-1-753109-1 (2010)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Boydston, K.; Toth, M.B.; Emery, D.; Noel, W., Standardized system for multispectral imaging of palimpsests, Proceedings of the SPIE, Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art, Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art, Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art, 7531, San Jose, California, United States, pp. 75310D-1-75310D-11 (2010)

    Christens-Barry, W.A.; Boydston, K.; France, F.G.; Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Toth, M.B., Camera system for multispectral imaging of documents, Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications X, Electronic Imaging 2009, Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications X, Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications X, 7249, San Jose, California, United States, January (2009)

    Walvoord, D.J.; Bright, A.; Easton, R.L., Multispectral image processing of combined visible and X-ray fluorescence imagery in the Archimedes palimpses, Computer Image Analysis in the Study of Art I, Electronic Imaging 2008, Computer Image Analysis in the Study of Art I, Computer Image Analysis in the Study of Art I, 6810, San Jose, California, United States, January (2008)

    Walvoord, D.J.; Easton, R.L.; Canosa, R., Adding contextual information to improve character recognition on the Archimedes Palimpsest, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, 6500, San Jose, California, United States, January (2007)

    Hansen, D.L.; Easton, R.L.; Raqueno, R.V., Multispectral pattern recognition applied to x-ray fluorescence images of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, Document Recognition and Retrieval XIV, 6500, San Jose, California, United States, January (2007)

    Walvoord, D.J.; Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Heimbueger, M., Enhancement and character recognition of the erased colophon of a 15th–century Hebrew prayer book, Document Recognition and Retrieval XII, Document Recognition and Retrieval XII, Document Recognition and Retrieval XII, Document Recognition and Retrieval XII, 5676, San Jose, California, United States, pp. 157-166, January (2005)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T., Digital Restoration of Erased and Damaged Manuscripts, 39th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, 39th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, 9th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, Brooklyn, New York, United States, June (2004)

    Walvoord, D.J.; Easton, R.L., Variations of matched filtering for reduced noise amplification, Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems III, Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems III, Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems III, Proc. SPIE 5298, San Jose, California, United States, pp. 59-69, January (2004)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Christens-Barry, W.A., Multispectral Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Proc. 32nd Annual Conference on Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR), Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR), Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR), Proc. 32nd Annual Co, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, pp. 111-118, October (2003)

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L., Recovery of Lost Writings on Historical Manuscripts with Ultraviolet Illumination, Proc. 54th IS&T PICS Conference, 54th PICS Conference, 54th PICS Conference, 54th PICS Conference, Proc. IS&T PICS Conf, Rochester, New York, United States, pp. 301-306, May (2003)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T., Digital Restoration of Erased and Damaged Manuscripts, Proc. 7th Congress. of European Association of Jewish Studie, Proc. 7th Congress. of European Association of Jewish Studie, Proc. 7th Congress. of European Association of Jewish Studie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands, July (2002)

    Knox, K.T.; Dickinson, C.; Easton, R.L.; Wei, L.; Johnston, R., Multispectral Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Proc. 54th IS&T Ann. Conf. PICS, PICS, PICS, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April (2001)

    Knapp, J.P.; Easton, R.L., Optical correlation using bitonal magnitude-only spatial light modulators, Practical Holography XIV, Practical Holography XIV, Practical Holography XIV, Practical Holography XIV, 3956A, San Jose, California, United States, pp. 233-240, January (2000)

    Easton, R.L.; Wang, S.; Nagarajan, R., Error-Diffused Quantization in Computer-Generated Holography Incorporating a Centering Model for Dot-Overlap Correction, Practical Holography X, Practical Holography X, Practical Holography X, Practical Holography, San Jose, California, United States, pp. 345-356, January (1996)

    Li, G.; Eschbach, R.; Easton, R.L., Neural network for optimization of binary hologram with printing model, Practical Holography IX, SPIE, Practical Holography IX, Practical Holography IX, 2406, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, pp. 304-317, May (1995)

    Li, G.; Nagarajan, R.; Easton, R.L., Methods for optimizing computer-generated holograms displayed by the Epson liquid-crystal television, roc. IS&T 48th Annual Conference, roc. IS&T 48th Annual Conference, roc. IS&T 48th Annual Conference, Proc. IS&T 48th Annu, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, pp. 406-410, May (1994)

    Easton, R.L.; Comeau, M.J.; Brown, S.D.; Ehrhard, D.G., Hybrid optical system for frequency-domain texture classification of Imagery, Automatic Object Recognition IV, Automatic Object Recognition IV, Automatic Object Recognition IV, Automatic Object Recognition IV, 2234, Orlando, Florida, United States, pp. 265-274, April (1994)

    Savakis, A.; Easton, R.L., Blur Identification Based on Higher-Order Spectral Nulls, Image Reconstruction and Restoration, Image Reconstruction and Restoration, Image Reconstruction and Restoration, 2302, San Diego, California, United States, pp. 168-177 (1994)

    Ehrhard, D.G.; Easton, R.L.; Schott, J.R.; Comeau, M.J., Frequency-Domain Texture Features for Classifying SAR Images, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE, Automatic Object Recognition III, Radar Processing for Target Recognition I, 1960, Orlando, Florida, United States, pp. 21-32, April (1993)

    Easton, R.L.; Barrett, H.H.; Ticknor, A.J., Using SAW devices to process two-dimensional data via the Radon transform , Proc. of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Ultrasonics, Ultrasonics, Ultrasonics, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, pp. 185-188 (1983)


BOOK CHAPTERS

    Easton, R.L.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Knox, K.T., Imaging and Image-Processing Techniques, The Archimedes Palimpsest, Volume I, Catalogue and Commentary, William Noel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom (2011)

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L.; Johnston, R., Digital Miracles, Revealing Invisible Scripts, The Hebrew Bible and Qumran, 1st Edition, James Charlesworth, Bibal Press, The Hebrew Bible and, 1, The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, North Richland Hills, Texas, United States (2000)

    Easton, R.L.; Barrett, H.H., Tomographic Transformations in Optical Signal Processing, Optical Signal Processing, Joe Horner, Academic Press, San Diego, California, United States (1987)


OTHER

    Easton, R..., The Impending Second Renaissance: Imaging Technologies and the Future of Manuscript Studies, (2012)

    Easton, R.L., Reading Between the Lines, 10 Years of Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, (2012)

    Easton, R...; Knox, K..., "Ten Years of Imaging between (and through) Lines of the Archimedes Palimpsest", (2012)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Christens-Barry, W.A., Imaging Technology for Manuscripts, (2011)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Bergmann, U., Seeing the Invisible Between the Lines, (2011)

    Easton, R.L., Reading Between the Lines (People, Places, and Palimpsests), (2009)

    Easton, R.L., Archimedes Palimpsest, Ten Years of Technologies and Texts, (2009)

    Easton, R.L., Archimedes CSI: Recovering the Ancient Text, (2008)

    Noel, W.; Easton, R.L., Imaging of the Hyperides Writings in the Archimedes Palimpsest, New Results, (2006)

    Noel, W.; Easton, R.L.; Toth, M.B., Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, (2006)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T., Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, (2002)

    Knox, K.T.; Johnston, R.; Easton, R.L., Imaging of the Dead Sea Scrolls, (1998)

    Knox, K.T.; Johnston, R.; Easton, R.L., Imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls, (1997)


CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (NO PROCEEDINGS)

    Easton, R.L., Reading Between the Lines, Imaging of Historical Documents, Image Processing for Art Investigation, Image Processing for Art Investigation, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium, September (2011)

    Easton, R.L., The State of the Art of Imaging Technology for Manuscripts, Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, April (2011)

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L.; Christens-Barry, W.A., Image restoration of damaged or erased manuscripts, 16th European Signal Processing Conference, 16th European Signal Processing Conference, 16th European Signal Processing Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland, August (2008)

    Toth, M.B.; Christens-Barry, W.A.; Easton, R.L., International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Colina, Mexico, Mexico, October (2006)

    Noel, W.; Easton, R.L., Imaging of the Hyperides Writings, Hyperides' Writings, Hyperides' Writings, Hyperides' Writings, London, England, United Kingdom, February (2006)

    Walvoord, D.J.; Easton, R.L., Optical character recognition techniques applied to the Archimedes Palimpsest, Optics and Information Science, Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York, United States, October (2004)

    Easton, R.L.; Knox, K.T.; Christens-Barry, W.A., Archimedes’ Writing Revealed, Imaging Techniques Applied to the Archimedes Palimpsest, Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, October (2003)

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L., Multispectral Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, AMOS Conference, AMOS Conference, AMOS Conference, Kihei, Hawaii, United States, September (2003)

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L.; Johnston, R., Image Restoration of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Symp. Document Image Understanding Technology, Symp. Document Image Understanding Technology, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, April (1999)

    Knapp, J.P.; Easton, R.L., Modified detour-phase computer-generated hologram for matched filtering, Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, October (1998)

    Knox, K.T.; Easton, R.L.; Johnston, R., Digital Miracles, Imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls, keynote address, 2nd Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins, 2nd Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins, 2nd Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, November (1997)

    Johnston, R.; Easton, R.L.; Tusinski, J.; Knox, K.T.; Eschbach, R., Image Restoration of Degraded Text in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Optics and Imaging in the Information Age, Optics and Imaging in the Information Age, Optics and Imaging in the Information Age, Rochester, New York, United States, October (1996)

    Nagarajan, R.; Easton, R.L.; Eschbach, R., Improved cell-oriented holograms by error diffusion, Optical Society of America, Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, United States, October (1994)

    Savakis, A.; Ninkov, Z.; Easton, R.L.; Morris, T.W., Screen-CCD Imaging System for Real-Time Mammography, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Annual Conference, Rochester, New York, United States, May (1994)

    Savakis, A.; Ninkov, Z.; Easton, R.L.; Morris, T.W., Screen-CCD Imaging System for Real-Time Mammography, Second International Workshop on Digital Mammography, Second International Workshop on Digital Mammography, York, York, United Kingdom, May (1994)