An ancient Roman bowl embedded in a soil sample: surface shaded three dimensional display using data from a multi-detector CT.
We present an unusual application of multidetector CT and shaded surface rendering in the investigation of a soil sample, containing an ancient Roman bronze bowl. The CT findings were of fundamental importance in helping the archaeologists study the bronze bowl from the soil sample.
De Maeseneer
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Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA, mdemaes2@wfubmc.edu
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Cleeren
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Lenchik
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De Mey
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D000497:Alloys / Q000266:history*; D001106:Archaeology; D001530:Belgium; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils / Q000266:history*; D003300:Copper / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012384:Rome; D012987:Soil; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
D000497:Alloys; D012987:Soil; D003300:Copper