Using the example of ' C-Pb elastic scattering at El,b --1449 MeV it is shown that, at sufficiently high energies, a full quantum mechanical inversion of heavy-ion scattering data can be performed.Furthermore it is pointed out that the strong absorption model as parametrixed by McIntyre, Wang, and Becker is associated with a potential having strong repulsion at the origin.That repulsion is a remnant of the built-in point Coulomb S matrix. Finally, a systematic study is presented to define the necessary accuracy of experiment required to extend the knowledge of the nucleus-nucleus interaction to smaller radii. PACS number(s): 25.70.Bc, 24. 10.i