EDUCE: Enhanced Digital Unwrapping for Conservation and Exploration

本课题旨在开发一个古文虚拟拆包与可视化的硬件和软件系统。总体目的是使用定制的便携式多功率CT扫描设备以数字形式捕获易碎的3D文本，例如古代莎草纸和其他材料的卷轴，然后使用图像算法虚拟“展开”卷轴，呈现数字传真，暴露并在工件上制作易读的铭文和其他标记，所有这些都在非侵入性过程中。初步工作已经证明了概念的正确性。该项目是跨学科的，需要多个领域的专业知识。该项目非常复杂，对信息技术研究、材料研究、工程和社会科学提出了重大的智力和技术挑战。该项目潜在的更广泛的影响是重要的，并且在大量的学术应用和机构实践中立即有用。所描述的系统的成功实施将使包含丰富信息的易碎文本和工件的非侵入性，非破坏性检查成为可能，允许持有人与个人和其他机构共享宝贵资产的知识内容。

This proposal is to develop a hardware and software system for the virtual unwrapping and visualization of ancient texts. The overall purpose is to capture in digital form fragile 3D texts, such as ancient papyrus and scrolls of other materials using a custom built, portable, multi-power CT scanning device and then to virtually "unroll" the scroll using image algorithms, rendering a digital facsimile that exposes and makes legible inscriptions and other markings on the artifact, all in a non-invasive process. Preliminary work has demonstrated proof of concept. The project is intensely interdisciplinary, requiring expertise in multiple domains. The project is complex and presents significant intellectual and technical challenges to information technology research, materials research, engineering and the social sciences. The potential broader impacts of the project are significant and immediately useful across a large set of scholarly applications and institutional practices. Successful implementation of the described system will enable noninvasive, nondestructive examination of fragile texts and artifacts which contain a wealth of information, allowing holders to share the intellectual content of precious assets with individuals and other institutions.