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Novel view synthesis from a sparse set of input images is a challenging problem of great practical interest, especially when camera poses are absent or inaccurate. Direct optimization of camera poses and usage of estimated depths in neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Kaiwen Jiang , Yang Fu , Mukund Varma T , Yash Belhe , Xiaolong Wang , Hao Su , Ravi Ramamoorthi

Differentiable 3D Gaussian splatting has emerged as an efficient and flexible rendering technique for representing complex scenes from a collection of 2D views and enabling high-quality real-time novel-view synthesis. However, its reliance…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Meenakshi Krishnan , Liam Fowl , Ramani Duraiswami

A new algorithm is developed to tackle the issue of sampling non-Gaussian model parameter posterior probability distributions that arise from solutions to Bayesian inverse problems. The algorithm aims to mitigate some of the hurdles faced…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-11-19 Leen Alawieh , Jonathan Goodman , John B. Bell

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has demonstrated impressive performance in 3D scene reconstruction. Beyond novel view synthesis, it shows great potential for multi-view surface reconstruction. Existing methods employ optimization-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Chensheng Dai , Shengjun Zhang , Min Chen , Yueqi Duan

Simultaneously localizing camera poses and constructing Gaussian radiance fields in dynamic scenes establish a crucial bridge between 2D images and the 4D real world. Instead of removing dynamic objects as distractors and reconstructing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Yanyan Li , Youxu Fang , Zunjie Zhu , Kunyi Li , Yong Ding , Federico Tombari

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique that can produce images of the eye at the microscopic level. OCT image segmentation to localise retinal layer boundaries is a fundamental procedure for diagnosing and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-09-09 Jinming Duan , Christopher Tench , Irene Gottlob , Frank Proudlock , Li Bai

This paper investigates an open research challenge of reconstructing high-quality, large 3D open scenes from images. It is observed existing methods have various limitations, such as requiring precise camera poses for input and dense…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Chong Cheng , Gaochao Song , Yiyang Yao , Qinzheng Zhou , Gangjian Zhang , Hao Wang

Image representation is a fundamental task in computer vision. Recently, Gaussian Splatting has emerged as an efficient representation framework, and its extension to 2D image representation enables lightweight, yet expressive modeling of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Masaya Takabe , Hiroshi Watanabe , Sujun Hong , Tomohiro Ikai , Zheming Fan , Ryo Ishimoto , Kakeru Sugimoto , Ruri Imichi

Recent advances in Gaussian Splatting-based inverse rendering extend Gaussian primitives with shading parameters and physically grounded light transport, enabling high-quality material recovery from dense multi-view captures. However, these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Patrick Noras , Jun Myeong Choi , Didier Stricker , Pieter Peers , Roni Sengupta

We present a conceptual design for the input optical system for a multi-object spectrometer operating at submillimeter wavelengths. The Mirror MOS is based on a sequence of mirrors that enables low-loss propagation of beams from selected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Paul F. Goldsmith , Michael Seiffert

We introduce Dynamic Gaussian Splatting SLAM (DGS-SLAM), the first dynamic SLAM framework built on the foundation of Gaussian Splatting. While recent advancements in dense SLAM have leveraged Gaussian Splatting to enhance scene…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Mangyu Kong , Jaewon Lee , Seongwon Lee , Euntai Kim

3D Gaussian Splatting is crucial for real-time novel view synthesis due to its efficiency and ability to render photorealistic images. However, building a 3D Gaussian is guided solely by photometric loss, which can result in inconsistencies…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Quan Tran , Tuan Dang

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enables efficient training and fast novel view synthesis in static environments. To address challenges posed by transient objects, distractor-free 3DGS methods have emerged and shown promising results when dense…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Yi Gu , Zhaorui Wang , Jiahang Cao , Jiaxu Wang , Mingle Zhao , Dongjun Ye , Renjing Xu

Importance sampling the distribution of visible GGX normals requires sampling those of a hemisphere. In this work, we introduce a novel method for sampling such visible normals. Our method builds upon the insight that a hemispherical mirror…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Jonathan Dupuy , Anis Benyoub

3D car modeling is crucial for applications in autonomous driving systems, virtual and augmented reality, and gaming. However, due to the distinctive properties of cars, such as highly reflective and transparent surface materials, existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Congcong Li , Jin Wang , Xiaomeng Wang , Xingchen Zhou , Wei Wu , Yuzhi Zhang , Tongyi Cao

We propose AdaDS, a generalizable framework for depth super-resolution that robustly recovers high-resolution depth maps from arbitrarily degraded low-resolution inputs. Unlike conventional approaches that directly regress depth values and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Kun Wang , Yun Zhu , Pan Zhou , Na Zhao

We present a fully interpretable and flexible statistical method for background subtraction in roadside LiDAR data, aimed at enhancing infrastructure-based perception in automated driving. Our approach introduces both a Gaussian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Aitor Iglesias , Nerea Aranjuelo , Patricia Javierre , Ainhoa Menendez , Ignacio Arganda-Carreras , Marcos Nieto

Diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS) can be employed as an optical rheology tool with numerous applications for studying the structure, dynamics and linear viscoelastic properties of complex fluids, foams, glasses and gels. To carry out DWS…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-11-06 Chi Zhang , Mathias Reufer , Danila Gaudino , Frank Scheffold

In this paper, we propose a stochastic geometric iterative method to approximate the high-resolution 3D models by finite Loop subdivision surfaces. Given an input mesh as the fitting target, the initial control mesh is generated using the…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Chenkai Xu , Yaqi He , Hui Hu , Hongwei Lin

The recent success of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has reshaped novel view synthesis by enabling fast optimization and real-time rendering of high-quality radiance fields. However, it relies on simplified, order-dependent alpha blending and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Jan U. Müller , Robin Tim Landsgesell , Leif Van Holland , Patrick Stotko , Reinhard Klein