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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 Chemistry,  2006, 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)