Collaborative Planning and Research Exploration: Digital Restoration of Asian Antiquities

该奖项提供资金，以支持两次计划访问台湾和初步数据采集和测试新的可视化方法与台北故宫博物院（NPM）。该项目的目的是制定一个合作研究项目，将先进的可视化和数字化技术应用于检查和展示否则无法获取的古物和文件。PI一直在开发各种非侵入性分析方法，包括微型CT，多光谱成像和配准形状采集和形状恢复，允许检查和显示历史材料，否则太脆弱而无法处理。这个计划项目将展示新技术在广泛研究应用中的效用。这次计划参观可以进入博物馆的独特和无价的物品和文件的大型储存库。该项目提供了两个方面的好处：首先，正在开发和展示的技术为从考古学和人类学到物理学和材料科学等各个领域的更好分析提供了机会。同时，国家博物馆的优秀馆藏所揭示的新信息，也为探索和研究中国古代科技史提供了一个新的窗口。这种能力提供了一个有趣的示范，科学的好处，以公众，在台湾和全球。通过对稀有物品的检查所揭示的信息将提供给专家和广大公众。

This award provides funding to support two planning visits to Taiwan and preliminary data acquisition and testing of new visualization methods with the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei. The purpose of the project is to develop a collaborative research project on the application of advanced visualization and digitization techniques to the examination and representation of otherwise inaccessible antiquities and documents. The PI has been developing various methods for non-invasive analysis, including micro-CT, multi-spectral imaging, and registered shape acquisition and shape restoration, that allow inspection and display of historical materials that are otherwise too fragile to handle. This planning project will demonstrate the utility of the new techniques for a broad range of research applications.This planning visit gives access to the large repository of unique and priceless objects and documents in the Museum. The project offers benefits in two respects: First, the technology that is being developed and demonstrated opens up opportunities for better analysis in a variety of fields from archeology and anthropology to physics and materials science. At the same time the new information that is revealed from the exceptional collections at NPM provides a new window for exploration and study of the history of science and technology in ancient China. This capability provides an interesting demonstration of the benefits of science to the public, both in Taiwan and globally. The information revealed by the inspection of rare items will be available for both specialists and the public at large.