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DJR Expert Guide Series, Vol. 240 — The Art of CT Scanning Collectibles: Non-Destructive Internal Imaging
CT (Computed Tomography) scanning is one of the most advanced non-destructive imaging techniques available to collectors, museums, conservators, and forensic authentication specialists. Unlike standard X-rays, which flatten internal features into a single plane, CT scanning produces full 3D volumetric reconstructions—revealing internal materials, voids, casting structures, repairs, construction methods, and hidden anomalies layer by layer. This technology has rapidly become indispensable for evaluating antiquities, statues, bronzes, fossils, jewelry, coins, sealed boxes, paintings, and complex manufactured objects.
DJR Expert Guide Series, Vol. 240 — The Art of CT Scanning Collectibles: Non-Destructive Internal Imaging provides a complete professional framework for understanding CT physics, selecting proper scanning parameters, interpreting density maps, and identifying authenticity red flags. This guide explains how to analyze volumetric datasets, detect modern repairs, expose composite objects, evaluate casting signatures, and integrate CT findings into authentication and appraisal reports.
Inside, you’ll learn how experts:
Understand CT physics, voxel resolution, radiodensity, and 3D image reconstruction
Distinguish original construction from hidden repairs, modern fillers, and internal supports
Detect cracks, voids, delaminations, and structural instability
Identify casting signatures such as shrinkage cavities, flow lines, and sand inclusions
Recognize modern molds, machining traits, and uniform interiors associated with forgeries
Analyze wood, ivory, bone, fossil mineralization, and organic materials
Reveal hidden sketches, overpainting, reinforcements, and substructures in artworks
Verify the internal uniformity of sealed products and detect foreign materials
Identify inclusions, fracture filling, drilling, composite stones, and mount modifications in jewelry
Perform quantitative CT analysis using density mapping and cross-sectional measurements
Avoid common imaging misreads such as beam hardening and metal artifact streaking
Know when a professional CT-based evaluation is required for high-value items
Volume 240 gives collectors a museum-grade scientific methodology for using CT imaging as a forensic authentication tool—offering insights that no visual inspection can match.
Digital Download — PDF • 7 Pages • Instant Access
CT (Computed Tomography) scanning is one of the most advanced non-destructive imaging techniques available to collectors, museums, conservators, and forensic authentication specialists. Unlike standard X-rays, which flatten internal features into a single plane, CT scanning produces full 3D volumetric reconstructions—revealing internal materials, voids, casting structures, repairs, construction methods, and hidden anomalies layer by layer. This technology has rapidly become indispensable for evaluating antiquities, statues, bronzes, fossils, jewelry, coins, sealed boxes, paintings, and complex manufactured objects.
DJR Expert Guide Series, Vol. 240 — The Art of CT Scanning Collectibles: Non-Destructive Internal Imaging provides a complete professional framework for understanding CT physics, selecting proper scanning parameters, interpreting density maps, and identifying authenticity red flags. This guide explains how to analyze volumetric datasets, detect modern repairs, expose composite objects, evaluate casting signatures, and integrate CT findings into authentication and appraisal reports.
Inside, you’ll learn how experts:
Understand CT physics, voxel resolution, radiodensity, and 3D image reconstruction
Distinguish original construction from hidden repairs, modern fillers, and internal supports
Detect cracks, voids, delaminations, and structural instability
Identify casting signatures such as shrinkage cavities, flow lines, and sand inclusions
Recognize modern molds, machining traits, and uniform interiors associated with forgeries
Analyze wood, ivory, bone, fossil mineralization, and organic materials
Reveal hidden sketches, overpainting, reinforcements, and substructures in artworks
Verify the internal uniformity of sealed products and detect foreign materials
Identify inclusions, fracture filling, drilling, composite stones, and mount modifications in jewelry
Perform quantitative CT analysis using density mapping and cross-sectional measurements
Avoid common imaging misreads such as beam hardening and metal artifact streaking
Know when a professional CT-based evaluation is required for high-value items
Volume 240 gives collectors a museum-grade scientific methodology for using CT imaging as a forensic authentication tool—offering insights that no visual inspection can match.
Digital Download — PDF • 7 Pages • Instant Access