Correlation of image intensity on the Turin Shroud with the 3-D structure of a human body shape

Abstract

The frontal image on the Shroud of Turin is shown to be consistent with a body shape covered with a naturally draping cloth in the sense that image shading can be derived from a single global mapping function of distance between these two surfaces. The visible image on the Shroud does not appear to be the work of an artist in an eye/brain/hand coordination sense nor does it appear to be the result of direct contact only, diffusion, radiation from a body shape or engraving, dabbing powder on a bas-relief, or electrostatic imaging. The visible image on the Shroud is probably not the result of a hot bas-relief impressed into cloth, but such a mechanism seems capable of accounting for the Shroud image's distance correlation, resolution, and similar chemical structure. It does not simultaneously account for (1) the 3-D image residing on one side of the Shroud, (2) observed lateral image distortions (consistent with a draping cloth over a body shape), or. (3) expected thermal perturbations associated with physically thick superimposed blood images. A complex mechanism involving more than one process may account for some of the Shroud image's characteristics, but potential inconsistencies in shading continuity, cloth contact, lateral distortions, and pressure independence may exist.

Experimental results using corona discharge to attempt to reproduce the Turin Shroud Image

“…The information used for the CD test are based on scientific results demonstrating that the TS enveloped a dead man [9,10], that the body image was formed by a radiation [1,5,10] and the most probable source of radiation was of electric type [10,[12][13][14][15].…”

Optical features of flax fibers coming from the Turin Shroud

“…In 1931, G. Enrie [5] photographed the TS at high resolution using orthochromatic plates; the luminance levels revealed a 3D image of a human body when interpreted as mapping cloth to body distance [6].…”

Superficial and Shroud-like coloration of linen by short laser pulses in the vacuum ultraviolet

“…1) possess particular physical and chemical characteristics [1] such that nobody was yet able to create an image identical in all its microscopic details, as discussed in a number of papers [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”