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RCR CRASH! Podcast
Was a pleasure to be a part of the Royal College of Radiologists CRASH! podcast. Got to talk about my work on the Antikythera mechanism!
Jan 1, 2023
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RCR CRASH! Podcast
Improving X-ray CT images of the Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism is best described as a 2000 year old ancient greek astronomical computer. Having laid on the sea for the majority of this time its bronze interior has corroded and calcified making it incredibly fragile.
Improving X-ray CT images of the Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism and improving the best image we have of its inner workings
The Antikythera Mechanism is an astronomical calculator made by the ancient Greeks in 200 BC that was capable of indicating the timing and characteristics of eclipses, positions of the sun and moon, including the moon’s phase and quite possibly the location of the five visible planets that can be seen with the naked eye.
Mar 2, 2019 5 min read article
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The Antikythera Mechanism and improving the best image we have of its inner workings
Improved X-ray computed tomography reconstruction of the largest fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator
The Antikythera Mechanism is an extraordinarily complex ancient Greek astronomical calculating device whose mode of operation is now …
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