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Photometric Stereo methods seek to reconstruct the 3d shape of an object from motionless images obtained with varying illumination. Most existing methods solve a restricted problem where the physical reflectance model, such as Lambertian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Ofer Bartal , Nati Ofir , Yaron Lipman , Ronen Basri

Curvilinear structures frequently appear in microscopy imaging as the object of interest. Crystallographic defects, i.e., dislocations, are one of the curvilinear structures that have been repeatedly investigated under transmission electron…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-19 Okan Altingövde , Anastasiia Mishchuk , Gulnaz Ganeeva , Emad Oveisi , Cecile Hebert , Pascal Fua

We present preliminary reconstructions of the EUV from 26 to 34\,nm from February 1997 to May 2005, covering most of solar cycle 23. The reconstruction is based on synthetic EUV spectra calculated with the spectral synthesis code Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Margit Haberreiter

Tomography is a powerful technique for recovering the three-dimensional (3D) density structure of the global solar corona. In this work, we present an improved tomography method by introducing radial weighting in the regularization term.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-31 Tongjiang Wang , C. Nick Arge , Shaela I. Jones

Active stereo cameras that recover depth from structured light captures have become a cornerstone sensor modality for 3D scene reconstruction and understanding tasks across application domains. Existing active stereo cameras project a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-27 Seung-Hwan Baek , Felix Heide

On 2008 January 10, the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) A and B spacecraft conducted a high time cadence study of the solar corona with the Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI) instruments with the aim of investigating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 M. S. Marsh , R. W. Walsh , S. Plunkett

Accurate 3D reconstruction of lunar surfaces is essential for space exploration. However, existing stereo vision reconstruction methods struggle in this context due to the Moon's lack of texture, difficult lighting variations, and atypical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Clementine Grethen , Simone Gasparini , Geraldine Morin , Jeremy Lebreton , Lucas Marti , Manuel Sanchez-Gestido

We introduce a new method for the investigation of low-amplitude transverse oscillations of solar plasma non-uniformities, such as coronal loops, individual strands in coronal arcades, jets, prominence fibrils, polar plumes, and other…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Sergey Anfinogentov , Valery M. Nakariakov

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will carry out a wide-field imaging and slitless spectroscopic survey of Type Ia Supernovae to improve our understanding of dark energy. Crucial to this endeavor is obtaining supernova spectra…

Macroscopic wave and oscillatory phenomena ubiquitously detected in the plasma of the corona of the Sun are interpreted in terms of magnetohydrodynamic theory. Fast and slow magnetoacoustic waves are clearly distinguished in observations.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-02 Valery M. Nakariakov , Sihui Zhong , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Rebecca L. Meadowcroft , Yu Zhong , Ding Yuan

Knowledge of the electron density distribution in the solar corona put constraints on the magnetic field configurations for coronal modeling and on initial conditions for solar wind modeling. We work with polarized SOHO/LASCO-C2 images from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 Judith de Patoul , Claire Foullon , Pete Riley

Full-disk spectroscopic observations of the solar corona are highly desired to forecast solar eruptions and their impact on planets and to uncover the origin of solar wind. In this paper, we introduce a new multi-slit design (5 slits) to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-12 Lami Chan , Hui Tian , Xianyu Liu , Tibor Török , Xianyong Bai , Yufei Feng , Dipankar Banerjee

The "Frequency-Agile Solar Radiotelescope" (FASR) litteraly opens up a new dimension in addition to the 3D Euclidian geometry: the frequency dimension. The 3D geometry is degenerated to 2D in all images from astronomical telescopes, but the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Markus J. Aschwanden , David Alexander , Marc DeRosa

This paper is aimed at finding the best separation angle between spacecraft for the three-dimensional reconstruction of solar-wind inhomogeneous structures by the CORrelation-Aided Reconstruction(CORAR) method. The analysis is based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Shaoyu Lyu , Xiaolei Li , Yuming Wang

This is the second of a series of three papers that present a methodology with the aim of creating a set of maps of the coronal density over a period of many years. This paper describes a method for reconstructing the coronal electron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-22 Huw Morgan

New and advanced space-based observing facilities continue to lower the resolution limit and detect solar coronal loops in greater detail. We continue to discover even finer sub-structures within coronal loop cross sections, in order to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Eamon Scullion , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Sven Wedemeyer , Patrick Antolin

This work investigates the geometric foundations of modern stereo vision systems, with a focus on how 3D structure and human-inspired perception contribute to accurate depth reconstruction. We revisit the Cyclopean Eye model and propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Sherlon Almeida da Silva , Davi Geiger , Luiz Velho , Moacir Antonelli Ponti

The variation of the vector magnetic field along structures in the solar corona remains unmeasured. Using a unique combination of spectropolarimetry and stereoscopy, we infer and compare the vector magnetic field structure and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Thomas A. Schad , Matthew J. Penn , Haosheng Lin , Philip G. Judge

Aims: We aim to achieve high spatial resolution as well as high polarimetric sensitivity, using an earth-based 1m-class solar telescope, for the study of magnetic fine structure on the Sun. Methods: We use a setup with 3 high-speed,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. J. van Noort , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

Global magnetic field models use as input synoptic data, which usually show "aging effects" as the longitudinal 360{\deg} information is not obtained simultaneously. Especially during times of increased solar activity, the evolution of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Stephan G. Heinemann , Manuela Temmer , Stefan J. Hofmeister , Aleksandar Stojakovic , Laurent Gizon , Dan Yang