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We present a novel method to perform numerical integration over curved polyhedra enclosed by high-order parametric surfaces. Such a polyhedron is first decomposed into a set of triangular and/or rectangular pyramids, whose certain faces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Pablo Antolin , Xiaodong Wei , Annalisa Buffa

We introduce a novel approach to learn geometries such as depth and surface normal from images while incorporating geometric context. The difficulty of reliably capturing geometric context in existing methods impedes their ability to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Xiaoxiao Long , Yuhang Zheng , Yupeng Zheng , Beiwen Tian , Cheng Lin , Lingjie Liu , Hao Zhao , Guyue Zhou , Wenping Wang

Previous multi-view normal integration methods typically sample a single ray per pixel, without considering the spatial area covered by each pixel, which varies with camera intrinsics and the camera-to-object distance. Consequently, when…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Tongyu Yang , Heng Guo , Yasuyuki Matsushita , Fumio Okura , Yu Luo , Xin Fan

We propose a novel method to accurately reconstruct a set of images representing a single scene from few linear multi-view measurements. Each observed image is modeled as the sum of a background image and a foreground one. The background…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-09-19 Gilles Puy , Pierre Vandergheynst

In inclusion detection in electrical impedance tomography, the support of perturbations (inclusion) from a known background conductivity is typically reconstructed from idealized continuum data modelled by a Neumann-to-Dirichlet map. Only…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-20 Henrik Garde , Stratos Staboulis

Reconstructing a complete object from its parts is a fundamental problem in many scientific domains. The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic survey on this topic. The reassembly problem requires understanding the attributes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Jiaxin Lu , Yongqing Liang , Huijun Han , Jiacheng Hua , Junfeng Jiang , Xin Li , Qixing Huang

Endoscopic depth estimation is a critical technology for improving the safety and precision of minimally invasive surgery. It has attracted considerable attention from researchers in medical imaging, computer vision, and robotics. Over the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Ke Niu , Zeyun Liu , Xue Feng , Heng Li , Qika Lin , Kaize Shi

Reconstructing high-fidelity 3D head geometry from images is critical for a wide range of applications, yet existing methods face fundamental limitations. Traditional photogrammetry achieves exceptional detail but requires extensive camera…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Noé Artru , Rukhshanda Hussain , Emeline Got , Alexandre Messier , David B. Lindell , Abdallah Dib

Neural implicit representations have emerged as a powerful paradigm for 3D reconstruction. However, despite their success, existing methods fail to capture fine geometric details and thin structures, especially in scenarios where only…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Aarya Patel , Hamid Laga , Ojaswa Sharma

Depth estimation is a core task in 3D computer vision. Recent methods investigate the task of monocular depth trained with various depth sensor modalities. Every sensor has its advantages and drawbacks caused by the nature of estimates. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-11 HyunJun Jung , Patrick Ruhkamp , Guangyao Zhai , Nikolas Brasch , Yitong Li , Yannick Verdie , Jifei Song , Yiren Zhou , Anil Armagan , Slobodan Ilic , Ales Leonardis , Benjamin Busam

Although feature models are widely used in practice, for example, representing variability in software product lines, their integration is still a challenge. Many integration techniques have been proposed, although none of these have proven…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-10-01 Vinicius Bischoff

We present a novel method for single image depth estimation using surface normal constraints. Existing depth estimation methods either suffer from the lack of geometric constraints, or are limited to the difficulty of reliably capturing…

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The implementation of discontinuous functions occurs in many of today's state-of-the-art partial differential equation solvers. However, in finite element methods, this poses an inherent difficulty: efficient quadrature rules available when…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Eugenio Aulisa , Jonathon Loftin

Surveillance and surveying are two important applications of empirical research. A major part of terrain modelling is supported by photographic surveys which are used for capturing expansive natural surfaces using a wide range of sensors --…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-16 Maniratnam Mandal , Venkatesh K. Subramanian

With the rapid development of high-resolution 3D vision applications, the traditional way of manipulating surface detail requires considerable memory and computing time. To address these problems, we introduce an efficient surface detail…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Wuyuan Xie , Miaohui Wang , Di Lin , Boxin Shi , Jianmin Jiang

The recent impressive results of deep learning-based methods on computer vision applications brought fresh air to the research and industrial community. This success is mainly due to the process that allows those methods to learn…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Keiller Nogueira , Jocelyn Chanussot , Mauro Dalla Mura , Jefersson A. dos Santos

In image deconvolution problems, the diagonalization of the underlying operators by means of the FFT usually yields very large speedups. When there are incomplete observations (e.g., in the case of unknown boundaries), standard…

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This paper comprehensively reviews the recent development of image deblurring, including non-blind/blind, spatially invariant/variant deblurring techniques. Indeed, these techniques share the same objective of inferring a latent sharp image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-09-25 Ruxin Wang , Dacheng Tao

Indirect image registration is a promising technique to improve image reconstruction quality by providing a shape prior for the reconstruction task. In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid method that seeks to reconstruct high quality…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-18 Jiulong Liu , Angelica I. Aviles-Rivero , Hui Ji , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

The present paper provides a comprehensive study of de-noising properties of frames and, in particular, tight frames, which constitute one of the most popular tools in contemporary signal processing. The objective of the paper is to bridge…

Methodology · Statistics 2013-01-18 Daniela De Canditiis , Marianna Pensky , Patrick J. Wolfe