Image selection in photogrammetric multi-view stereo methods for metric and complete 3D reconstruction

Ali Hosseininaveh Ahmadabadian; Stuart Robson; Jan Boehm; Mark Shortis

doi:10.1117/12.2020472

23 May 2013 Image selection in photogrammetric multi-view stereo methods for metric and complete 3D reconstruction

Ali Hosseininaveh Ahmadabadian, Stuart Robson, Jan Boehm, Mark Shortis

Proceedings Volume 8791, Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XII; and Automated Visual Inspection; 879107 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020472
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology 2013, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Multi-View Stereo (MVS) as a low cost technique for precise 3D reconstruction can be a rival for laser scanners if the scale of the model is resolved. A fusion of stereo imaging equipment with photogrammetric bundle adjustment and MVS methods, known as photogrammetric MVS, can generate correctly scaled 3D models without using any known object distances. Although a huge number of stereo images (e.g. 200 high resolution images from a small object) captured of the object contains redundant data that allows detailed and accurate 3D reconstruction, the capture and processing time is increased when a vast amount of high resolution images are employed. Moreover, some parts of the object are often missing due to the lack of coverage of all areas. These problems demand a logical selection of the most suitable stereo camera views from the large image dataset. This paper presents a method for clustering and choosing optimal stereo or optionally single images from a large image dataset. The approach focusses on the two key steps of image clustering and iterative image selection. The method is developed within a software application called Imaging Network Designer (IND) and tested by the 3D recording of a gearbox and three metric reference objects. A comparison is made between IND and CMVS, which is a free package for selecting vantage images. The final 3D models obtained from the IND and CMVS approaches are compared with datasets generated with an MMDx Nikon Laser scanner. Results demonstrate that IND can provide a better image selection for MVS than CMVS in terms of surface coordinate uncertainty and completeness.

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Ali Hosseininaveh Ahmadabadian, Stuart Robson, Jan Boehm, and Mark Shortis "Image selection in photogrammetric multi-view stereo methods for metric and complete 3D reconstruction", Proc. SPIE 8791, Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XII; and Automated Visual Inspection, 879107 (23 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020472

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