Radiology in Archaeology: Fundamentals and Perspective—Examination of the Living

Medical Physics and Imaging–A Timely Perspective

“…Here, we can only mention a few developments, which turned into game changers in their field. For example, Xray and CT-imaging, as well as optical imaging, are used in paleoanthropology and archeology to image skulls, bones and whole mummies non-destructively, thus, creating new fields of "Virtual Anthropology" [89] and "Radiology in Archeology" [90]. Neutron imaging and X-ray micro-tomography, on the other hand, are used in material sciences to assess 3D microstructure non-destructively, as compared to optical or electronic microscope techniques that can provide only 2D information, and frequently in a destructive manner [91].…”