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Researchers From the Ugr Develop a New Software Which Adapts Medical Technology to See the Interior of a Sculpture
A student at the University of Granada has designed a new software that adapts current medical technology to analyze the interior of sculptures.
Credit: University of Granada (Spain)
Researchers at the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain have developed 3DCurator, software that adapts conventional medical technology, enabling it to analyze the interior of sculptures.
The researchers say the software can be used to see the inside of a wood carving without damaging it.
They note it was designed for the restoration and conservation of sculptural artifacts.
The software has a specialized viewfinder that uses computed tomography to display the three-dimensional image of the carving. The system enables researchers to examine the interior of a statue without the problem of overlapping information presented by x-rays, and they also can understand the statue's internal structure, the age of the wood with which it was made, or possible additions.
"The software which carries out this task has been simplified in order to allow any restorer to easily use it," says UGR professor Francisco Javier Melero.
From University of Granada (Spain)
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