The Strad3D study violins were CT-scanned as 600 'slices' along the length of the violin, which can be viewed as
individual cross-sections, as frames in a video journey through the violins, or assembled into a 3D geometrical
model of the entire violin, which can be rotated and studied from any angle. (All CT-scans were performed at the
East Carolina University Medical School facility under the direction of Dr. Claudio Sibata.)
CT videos shown here include several views including: AXIAL (a series of sections taken across the width, showing internal and external arching) WOOD (transparent 3D projection showing internal densities) SURFACE (an opaque 3dD projection, showing a solid surface)
NB.Some strange visual “artifacts” are apparent in the CT images, a result of scanning interference from metal parts such as fine tuners and tail-gut adjusters.