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  Topics:


• Application of OCT to structural examination of paintings and similar objects
• Application of OCT to structural examination of historic glass and stained glass
• OCT as a tool for monitoring of laser ablation of varnishes and similar coatings
• Other applications for structural studies and monitoring of conservation treatment
• OCT as a tool for monitoring of canvas surface deformation
• Polarization sensitive OCT for materials science
• The basics of the OCT technique
• Present and future of the OCT
• Other relevant techniques (confocal microscopy, harmonics generation)
• Other interferometric techniques (e.g. ESPI, Schlieren etc.)

     To learn more about application of OCT to examination of art read for example:

    P. Targowski, B. Rouba, M. Góra, L. Tymińska-Widmer, J. Marczak, and A. Kowalczyk "Optical Coherence Tomography in Art Diagnostics and Restoration" by – Applied Physics A – DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-4446-x , (2008), Author-created version
    D.C. Adler, J. Stenger, I. Gorczynska, H. Lie, T. Hensick, R. Spronk, S. Wolohojian, N. Khandekar, J.Y. Jiang, S. Barry, A.E. Cable, R. Huber1, and J.G. Fujimoto "Comparison of three-dimensional optical coherence tomography and high resolution photography for art conservation studies" Optics Express 15, 15972 (2007)
    P. Targowski, M. Góra, M. Wojtkowski, “Optical Coherence Tomography for Artwork Diagnostics” , Laser Chemistry2006, Article ID 35373, 11 pages, (2006) doi:10.1155/2006/35373 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/lc/
    H. Liang, M. Cid, R. Cucu, G. Dobre, A. Podoleanu, J. Pedro, and D. Saunders, "En-face optical coherence tomography – a novel application of non-invasive imaging to art conservation" Optics Express 13, 6133 (2005)