Advanced imaging

The Imaging team offers a suite of Advanced Imaging techniques to support innovative and multidisciplinary research with our Special Collections.

Advanced Imaging supports researchers to interrogate the physical attributes of our collections, using non-invasive techniques. Innovation thrives on new questions, so share your research questions with us, if we aren’t able to develop something in house, we can signpost you to colleagues within the University who can.

We define Advanced Imaging as any non-standard high-resolution photography. Examples include:

• Structured Light 3D scanning
• Photogrammetry
• Photometric Stereo Imaging (using Factum Foundation's Selene system)
• Multispectral Imaging (MSI)

Applications for Advanced Imaging:

• reveal undertext in palimpsests
• show minute surface textures and detail
• recover faded texts
• reveal underdrawings and paintings
• ink and pigment analysis
• 3D printing

For more information please contact  uml.imaging@manchester.ac.uk.