mishasystem

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MISHA=Low-cost multispectral imaging system NEH PR-268783-20 Messinger & Decker

What is MISHA? Begin here!

Learning MISHA: borrow, build, use

Borrow-A-MISHA! Fill out the form here!
Building a Multispectral Imaging System for Historical Artifacts (MISHA)
RIT MISHA Image Capture App & RIT Spectral Analysis App (slo mo)
Creating the LED panels for MISHA
Testing the LEDs on a Multispectral Imaging System for Historical Artifacts (MISHA)
Git Hub Repository (ask for access)
MISHA Software Download Registration, launched April 9, 2024

MISHA International

Introducing MISHA BR, 22/10_PRIMEIRA TARDE “ENCONTRO MISHA.br: Tecnologia, Cromaticidade e Patrimônio”
CFP: Cultural Heritage Imaging & Innovation Conference 2025 | RIT Croatia | RIT

Publications, Presis

Falotico presentation of Decker/Messinger et al at Archiving 2023, Oslo Click view to watch
AIC, 2023, “Under the Hood: Multispectral Imaging for Historical Artifacts,” (postprint)
Eurographics, 2022, “Multispectral Imaging for Historical Artifacts: A Case Study Using an 8th-Century Biblical Scroll.” GCH 2022 – Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, Proceedings 2022. ** co-authored with undergraduate students
SPIE, 2021, Kleynhans, Tania, MacKenzie L. Carr, and David W. Messinger, "Low-cost, user friendly multispectral imaging system for the recovery of damaged, faded or palimpsested historical documents," Proc. SPIE 11727, Algorithms, Technologies, and Appl
Archiving, 2024, "Build, Select, Reshuffle: Uncovering Distinct Features of Cultural Heritage Objects with Multispectral Imaging" in Archiving Conference, 2023, pp 188 - 191, ** co-authored with undergraduate students

About MISHA & MSI at RIT (overview)

Gallery Exhibition, 2023: Illuminating the Medieval and the Modern through Cultural Heritage Imaging: A Brief History of Innovation and Collaboration at RIT
Illuminating the Medieval and the Modern (Exhibit on Multispectral Imaging and MISHA)

Building an MSI community

Bi-weekly convenings on Zoom: Rochester Cultural Heritage Imaging, Visualization, and Education (R-CHIVE)
Colleagues: make a request for information/consult about MISHA
Join us and Build a MISHA 2/24/24 Multispectral Imaging Study Day at RIT
Build a Library of Resources with us! Zotero-Groups > CHI-MSI
Spring 2024 – meet the new team!

Current Work

Summer 2023 - Reports from the Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab at RIT
Summer 2021 Story: Museum Association of New York - RIT Providing Discoverability and Accessibility of Historical Documents to Museums and Libraries
Imaging projects (student course, Spring 2022)Museums and libraries nationwide leveraging low-cost spectral imaging systems built by RIT
Multidisciplinary Collaboration to create MISHA / Interdisciplinary Internships (Summer 2021)

What is CHIPR?

CHIPR: Cultural Heritage Imaging, Preservation, Research

Funding & Acknowledgements

NEH Funding for Research and Development (2020-2024)
NEH Funding for Education and Training (2025-2028)

About the Conveners, Dave & Juilee

Juilee Decker | RIT
David Messinger | RIT