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Training on application of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) to structural analysis 27-28 June 2013
Place: Institute of Physics, Centre for Quantum Optics, N. Copernicus University, address: Grudziądzka Street 5,    map

Thursday, 27 June 2013
9:00 Opening remarks
Session Chair: Meili Yang
9:15 Piotr Targowski (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Introduction to the OCT technique PDF of the presentation
10:00 Chi Shing S. Cheung (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Ultra-high resolution Fourier domain optical coherence tomography for resolving thin layers in painted works of art
10:20 Hélene Dubois (KIK IRPA, Belgium) Application of OCT to the examination of varnish layers on the Ghent altarpiece
10:40 Coffee break
Session Chair: Claudia Daffara
11:10 Haida Liang (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Next Generation OCT for Art Conservation, Art History & Archaeology
11:55 Paraskevi Pouli (FORTH, Greece) Laser ablation monitoring with OCT
12:15 Mady Elias (Evry University, France) Ultra-high resolution, full-field, time domain OCT in the visible range and multi-spectral camera. Cross-checking and complementarity of the images  PDF of the presentation
13:00 Lunch (provided on-site)
Session Chair: Mady Elias
14:30 Mei-Li Yang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Using Optical Coherence Tomography to Examine the Structure of Ancient Chinese Glaze and Jade
15:15 Ewa A. Kaszewska (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Combined LIBS/OCT technique for examination of paintings
15:35 Rafaella Fontana (INO, Firenze, Italy) From confocal microscopy to confocal OCT
15:55 Coffee break
Session Chair: Haida Liang
16:25 Marika Spring (The National Gallery, London, UK) Assessing the potential of OCT for the non-invasive examination of varnish layers; a survey of paintings in the National Gallery London
17:10 Magdalena Iwanicka (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Tracing of past restorations of ‘Madonna dei Fusi’ attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
17:30 Dimitris Tsipotas (Technological Educational Institute of Larisa, Greece) Sweep Source Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-OCT) for the examination of dry and waterlogged “heritage” wood
17:50 Marcin Sylwestrzak (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Parallel processing of OCT data for monitoring of restoration procedures
18:10 End of the session


Friday, 28 June 2013
Session Chair: Marika Spring
9:00 Piotr Targowski (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Examination of structure and properties historic glass with OCT PDF of the preasentation
9:20 Magdalena Iwanicka (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Examination of reverse painting on glass (Hinterglasmalerei) with OCT
9:40 Piotr Targowski (N. Copernicus University, Poland) Introduction to NCU OCT instruments PDF of the preasentation
10:00 Martin Krah (Thorlabs, Germany) Introduction to Thorlabs OCT instruments
10:20 Coffee break
10:50 hands-on training
13:00 Lunch (provided on-site))
14:30 hands-on training
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 hands-on training
18:00 Closing remarks
18:10 End of the session