From Wheatstone to Cameron and beyond: overview in 3-D and 4-D imaging technology

G. Charmaine Gilbreath

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.2.021102

12 March 2012 From Wheatstone to Cameron and beyond: overview in 3-D and 4-D imaging technology

G. Charmaine Gilbreath

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 2, 021102 (March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.2.021102

Abstract

This paper reviews three-dimensional (3-D) and four-dimensional (4-D) imaging technology, from Wheatstone through today, with some prognostications for near future applications. This field is rich in variety, subject specialty, and applications. A major trend, multi-view stereoscopy, is moving the field forward to real-time wide-angle 3-D reconstruction as breakthroughs in parallel processing and multi-processor computers enable very fast processing. Real-time holography meets 4-D imaging reconstruction at the goal of achieving real-time, interactive, 3-D imaging. Applications to telesurgery and telemedicine as well as to the needs of the defense and intelligence communities are also discussed.

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G. Charmaine Gilbreath "From Wheatstone to Cameron and beyond: overview in 3-D and 4-D imaging technology," Optical Engineering 51(2), 021102 (12 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.2.021102

Published: 12 March 2012

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