Multimodal imaging

In 2022 The department of optoelectronic measurement methods of the ÚM SAS was actively involved in solving the problem of multimodal imaging as part of international cooperation, focusing mainly on the fields of biology, paleontology, cultural heritage, mineralogy, and also on material and forensic science. This year, the SAV Measurement Institute participated in the solution of the international project COST CA17121 “Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences (COMULIS). Within multimodal imaging, the research team developed both two-dimensional and three-dimensional imaging methods. In the framework of 2D imaging methods, infrared reflectography, induced ultraviolet fluorescence and X-ray radiography were developed, especially for their use in the testing of cultural heritage artifacts. We presented our results to a wide international public through a video at the world exhibition EXPO 2022 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Within the framework of 3D imaging methods, we have successfully developed imaging methods using X-ray microtomography with use in the field of material research of high-temperature superconductors based on MgB2 [1], in the field of paleontology in 3D microCT imaging of Mesozoic insects in amber [5], in biology in imaging and comparative anatomy skeletons of legless reptiles [3], in mineralogy when imaging different phases in minerals [4] and in forensic science when imaging and measuring tooth and bone loss under the action of concentrated acid [2]. The results were published in 2022 in a total of five quarantined journals.

Projects:

VEGA 1/0191/21, COST CA 17121, COST CA 16101

Publikácie CC:

KOVÁČ, P. – KOPERA, L. – BEREK, D. – HAIN, Miroslav– MELIŠEK, T. – HUŠEK, I. – KOVÁČ, J. – BÚRAN, M. High-current-density Rutherford MgB2 cable sheathed by CuNi30 alloy. In Superconductor Science and Technology, 2022, vol. 35, p. 115003. ISSN 0953-2048. (3.482 – IF2021) Q1
THURZO, A. – JANČOVIČOVÁ, V. – HAIN, Miroslav– THURZO, M. – NOVÁK, B. – KOSNÁČOVÁ, H. – LEHOTSKÁ, V. – VARGA, I. – KOVÁČ, P. – MORAVANSKÝ, N. Human remains identiﬁcation using micro-CT, chemometric and AI methods in forensic experimental reconstruction of dental patterns after concentrated sulphuric acid signiﬁcant impact. In Molecules, 2022, vol. 27, no. 13, p. 4035. ISSN 1420-3049. (4.927 – IF2021) Q1
KLEMBARA, J. – YARYHIN, O. – MAJEROVÁ, J. – HAIN, Miroslav. Comparative anatomy and ontogeny of appendicular skeleton of Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Anguimorpha, Anguidae) and a pattern of hindlimb loss in Anguinae. In The Anatomical Record, 2022, vol. 305, no. 9, p. 2290-2311. ISSN 1932-8486. (2.227 – IF2021) Q2
HURAI, V. – HURAIOVÁ, M. – HABLER, G. – HORSCHINEGG, M. – MILOVSKÝ, R. – MILOVSKÁ, S. – HAIN, Miroslav– ABART, R. Carbonatite-melilitite-phosphate immiscible melts from the aragonite stability field entrained from the mantle by a Pliocene basalt. In Mineralogy and Petrology, 2022. ISSN 0930-0708. (2.011 – IF2021) Q2
VRŠANSKÝ, P. – ARISTOV, D. – HAIN, Miroslav – KÚDELOVÁ, T. – KÚDELA, M. – METSCHER, B. – PALKOVÁ, H. – KÁČEROVÁ, J. – HINKELMAN, J. Longest‑surviving Carboniferous‑family insect found in Mesozoic amber. In Biologia, 2022. ISSN 0006-3088. (1.653 – IF2021) Q3

Fig.1: Microtomographic representation of rolled superconducting Rutheford cables and their selected CT sections. Surface rendering, segmentation and display in false colors were used (Kováč et al.)