THEMES

THEMES of interest for the Poster session.
Students and others interested in researching the Shroud of Turin should consider doing research in some of the following areas" - History: new information about the first period (before 1350 AD). - Archaeology: new discovers about the Jewish burial. - Theology: new proposals or relations between the Turin Shroud and the Resurrection. - Science: scientific studies in general with preference on the following topics:

1) Simulations of hypothetical image formation mechanisms. 2) Image processing A: normalization, cleaning, color segmentation, … 3) Image processing B: transfer functions of body-cloth distance, type of enveloping, … 4) Bloodstains: geometric and RGB analysis, blood flow dynamics, pre/post-mortem flows. 5*) Chemical and/or biological analysis of Turin Shroud dusts (also FT-IR and Raman analysis). 6*) Pollen analysis of Turin Shroud dusts 7*) Chemical analysis of linen fibers coming from the Shroud. 8) Dimensional measurements of the body and anthropometric indexes. 9) Resolution measurement of body parts (also MTF analysis). 10) ... RESEARCHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OFFER OTHER RESEARCH TOPIC SUGGESTIONS ...

For further scientific information you may contact Ray Schneider ([|schneirj@comcast.net]), Giulio Fanti ([|giulio.fanti@unipd.it]) In reference to points n. 5, 6 and 7, Giulio Fanti (www.dim.unipd.it) can lend samples after reading a sufficiently detailed experiment plan.