Research Catalog

Title

Principles of 3D image analysis and synthesis / edited by Bernd Girod, Günther Greiner, Heinrich Niemann.

Publication

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Girod, Bernd.
• Greiner, Günther.
• Niemann, Heinrich.

Description

xiii, 466 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"This volume is a concise reference for scientists, engineers, graduate students and educators working in image processing, vision, computer graphics, or visualization."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

The Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science ; SECS 556

Uniform Title

Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science ; SECS 556.

Subjects

• Image analysis
• Image processing > Digital techniques

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-455) and index.

Contents

• 1. Optical 3D Sensors. 1.1. 2D Image Acquisition for 'Perfect' 3D Sensors. 1.2. 3D Sensors - Principles, Potentials and Limitations -- 2. Multiple Views and Image Sequences. 2.1. Coordinate Systems and Camera Models. 2.2. Motion Models. 2.3. Structure From Multiple Views. 2.4. Object Tracking in Image Sequences. 2.5. Illumination Estimation -- 3. Recognition and Interpretation. 3.1. Segmentation. 3.2. Semantic Models. 3.3. Statistical Models. 3.4. Object Recognition. 3.5. Image Understanding. 3.6. Active Vision -- 4. Representation and Processing of Surface Data. 4.1. Polygon Meshes. 4.2. Feature Extraction and Registration. 4.3. Discrete Modeling of Point Clouds. 4.4. Fusion of Discrete Models. 4.5. Splines. 4.6. Fitting Free Form Surfaces -- 5. Realistic Rendering. 5.1. Models for Illumination and Reflection. 5.2. Global Illumination. 5.3. Texture Models. 5.4. Image-Based Rendering -- 6. Volume Visualization. 6.1. Volume Data.
• 6.2. Volume Models. 6.3. Data Acquisition. 6.4. Visualization of Scalar Volume Data. 6.5. Visualization of Vector Fields -- 7. Acoustic Imaging, Rendering, and Localization. 7.1. 3D Acoustical Imaging. 7.2. Aurealization. 7.3. Fusion of Multisensor Data. 7.4. Object Localization Using Audio and Video Signals -- 8. Selected Applications. 8.1. Digitizing 3D Objects for Reverse Engineering and Virtual Reality. 8.2. Surface Interrogation in Automotive Design. 8.3. Fluid Dynamics. 8.4. Diagnosis Support to Patients with Facial Paresis. 8.5. Surgical Planning. 8.6. Image Communication.

ISBN

0792378504

LCCN

00029626

OCLC

• ocm43662170
• SCSB-3886277

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries