Withtheongoingreleaseof3Dmoviesandtheemergenceof3DTVs,3Dimagingtechnologieshavepenetratedourdailylives.Yetchoosingfromthenumerous3Dvisionmethodsavailablecanbefrustratingforscientistsandengineers,especiallywithoutacomprehensiveresourcetoconsult.Fillingthisgap,Handbookof3DMachineVision:OpticalMetrologyandImaginggivesanextensive,in-depthlookatthemostpopular3Dimagingtechniques.Itfocusesonnoninvasive,noncontactopticalmethods(opticalmetrologyandimaging).Thehandbookbeginswiththewell-studiedmethodofstereovisionandexplainshowrandomspecklepatternsorspace-timevaryingpatternssubstantiallyimprovetheresultsofstereovision.Itthendiscussesstereoparticleimagevelocimetryasamajorexperimentalmeansinfluiddynamics,therobustandeasy-to-implementstructured-lighttechniqueforcomputerscienceapplications,digitalholographyforperformingmicro-tonanoscalemeasurements,andgrating,interferometry,andfringeprojectiontechniquesforpreciselymeasuringdynamicallydeformablenaturalobjects.Thebookgoesontodescribetechniquesthatdonotrequiretriangulationtorecovera3Dshape,includingtime-of-flighttechniquesanduniaxial3Dshapemeasurement,aswellas3Dmeasurementtechniquesthatarenotrestrictedtosurfacecapture,suchas3Dultrasound,opticalcoherencetomography,and3Dendoscopy.Thebookalsoexploreshownovel3Dimagingtechniquesarebeingappliedinthepromisingfieldofbiometrics―whichmayproveessentialtosecurityandpublicsafety.Writtenbykeyplayersinthefieldandinventorsofimportantimagingtechnologies,thisauthoritative,state-of-the-arthandbookhelpsyouunderstandthecoreof3Dimagingtechnologyandchoosetheproper3Dimagingtechniqueforyourneeds.Foreachtechnique,thebookprovidesitsmathematicalfoundations,summarizesitssuccessfulapplications,anddiscussesitslimitations.
1