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Thus, based on visual inspection of the computed statues, it would appear as though only a
vertical mapping provides a reasonably consistent relationship between a "shrouded" body and
the Shroud image. Such a mapping allows us to start a body surface computation with a cloth
surface corresponding to an actual enshrouded body and compute a realistic 'body surface"
from the given Shroud image. Further, the computed body surface when draped with a cloth
model of the Shroud appears to give nearly the same draping geometry as originally assumed

These subjective impressions can be quantitatively substantiated. This is done in Appendix B
where it is shown that (1) significant planar anatomical distortions exist in the Shroud image,
(2) these distortions can be reasonably accounted for by an image process that maps body
features vertically upward to a cloth draping naturally over a body, and (3) the perpendicular
to-the-cloth mapping between the same body and cloth surfaces would generate planar image
distortions in the Shroud image that are too great to be accounted for by natural anatomical
variations. Thus, from this analysis, we conclude that only a vertical (or near vertical) mapping
describes the frontal image patterns on the Shroud image in an internally consistent way.

Many, if not most, Shroud researchers believe the images were formed by radiation. Only vertically collimated radiation emitted from the body can communicate to the Shroud the information that is encoded in the images and deliver this information in a focused manner (Rucker 2020b). This would be necessary to produce the good resolution front and dorsal images with the correct width of the face while not producing images of the sides of the body or the top of the head.

Radiation is the only option that can satisfy these requirements

the radiation must have been vertically collimated. The radiation being vertically collimated is also the best option to produce the realistic width of the face that is on the Shroud

In other words, after the Shroud was laid on top of a body, no forceful flattening occurred before the images formed. Moreover, the argument that the top half of the Shroud could not have been draping a real body when the images formed, to avoid prominent image distortions, is shown to be incorrect. If a cloth is appropriately laid on the front part of a body, and a body image forms by a vertical projection on the cloth, no major image distortions occur

In order to better understand the mechanism that could have generated the body image, a numerical simulation of the effects of radiation caused by complex surfaces such as face and hands on a wrapping cloth are studied in this paper. Based on the Lambert law, a mathematical model of radiation was built to simulate the effects of different kinds of radiation such as uniform emissivity, variable emissivity typical of non-metallic materials, and uni-directional emissivities in different directions. The best images are obtained when an uni-directional emissivity normal to the skin surface is considered.

"We show that, when the images formed, the frontal part of the Shroud of Turin laid on a body in the same position as when the bloodstains formed by contact. In other words, after the Shroud was laid on top of a body, no forceful flattening occurred before the images formed. Moreover, the argument that the top half of the Shroud could not have been draping a real body when the images formed, to avoid prominent image distortions, is shown to be incorrect. If a cloth is appropriately laid on the front part of a body, and a body image forms by a vertical projection on the cloth, no major image distortions occur."