Principles of 3d Image Analysis and Synthesis

by Girod, Bernd; Greiner, Gunther; Niemann, Heinrich

• ISBN13: 9780792378501
• ISBN10: 0792378504
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Traditionally, three-dimensional image analysis (a.k.a. computer vision) and three-dimensional image synthesis (a.k.a. computer graphics) were separate fields. Rarely were experts working in one area interested in and aware of the advances in the other. Over the last decade this has changed dramatically, reflecting the growing maturity of each of these areas. The vision and graphics communities are today engaged in a mutually beneficial exchange, learning from each other and coming up with new ideas and techniques that build on the state of the art in both fields. This book is the result of a fruitful collaboration between scientists at the University of Nürnberg, Germany, who, coming from diverse fields, are working together propelled by the vision of a unified area of three-dimensional image analysis and synthesis. Principles of 3D Image Analysis and Synthesis starts out at the image acquisition end of a hypothetical processing chain, proceeds with analysis, recognition and interpretation of images, towards the representation of scenes by 3D geometry, then back to images via rendering and visualization techniques. Coverage includes discussion of range cameras, multiview image processing, the structure-from-motion problem, object recognition, knowledge-based image analysis, active vision, geometric modeling with meshes and splines, and reverse engineering. Also included is cutting-edge coverage of texturing techniques, global illumination, image-based rendering, volume visualization, flow visualization techniques, and acoustical imaging including object localization from audio and video. This state-of-the-art volume is a concise and readable reference for scientists, engineers, graduate students and educators working in image processing, vision, computer graphics, or visualization.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Optical 3D Sensors	p. 1
2D Image Acquisition for 'Perfect' 3D Sensors	p. 2
3D Sensors--Principles, Potentials and Limitations	p. 5
Multiple Views and Image Sequences	p. 25
Coordinate Systems and Camera Models	p. 26
Motion Models	p. 30
Structure From Multiple Views	p. 38
Object Tracking in Image Sequences	p. 57
Illumination Estimation	p. 67
Recognition and Interpretation	p. 79
Segmentation	p. 80
Semantic Models	p. 93
Statistical Models	p. 101
Object Recognition	p. 108
Image Understanding	p. 122
Active Vision	p. 131
Representation and Processing of Surface Data	p. 141
Polygon Meshes	p. 142
Feature Extraction and Registration	p. 153
Discrete Modeling of Point Clouds	p. 166
Fusion of Discrete Models	p. 175
Splines	p. 181
Fitting Free Form Surfaces	p. 192
Realistic Rendering	p. 203
Models for Illumination and Reflection	p. 204
Global Illumination	p. 213
Texture Models	p. 223
Image-Based Rendering	p. 232
Volume Visualization	p. 243
Volume Data	p. 244
Volume Models	p. 245
Data Acquisition	p. 252
Visualization of Scalar Volume Data	p. 261
Visualization of Vector Fields	p. 270
Acoustic Imaging, Rendering, and Localization	p. 279
3D Acoustical Imaging	p. 280
Aurealization	p. 295
Fusion of Multisensor Data	p. 309
Object Localization Using Audio and Video Signals	p. 322
Selected Applications	p. 335
Digitizing 3D Objects for Reverse Engineering and Virtual Reality	p. 336
Surface Interrogation in Automotive Design	p. 347
Fluid Dynamics	p. 353
Diagnosis Support of Patients with Facial Paresis	p. 365
Surgical Planning	p. 378
Image Communication	p. 389
References	p. 399
Index	p. 457
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