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Radiography evolved from laboratory testing into in-situ applicable methods that utilize low-energy gamma X-ray sources. Due to the low attenuation properties of wood and difference in attenuation of different material, the radiography is relatively easily applicable to timber. Parameters such as energy level, time of exposure and distance between the source, object and imaging plate permit identification of early and late wood. Quantitative radiography can be used to extract dimensions, deformations or even strains. One of the challenges is the collapse of a three dimensional object into two dimensions. Access must available from opposite sites of the member.
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Kasal, B., Lear, G., Anthony, R. (2010). Radiography. In: Kasal, B., Tannert, T. (eds) In Situ Assessment of Structural Timber. RILEM State of the Art Reports, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0560-9_4
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