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Depth from Scattering
Definition
Light scatters in the presence of volumetric media such as fog, smoke, mist, dust, and murky water. Volumetric scattering results in several daily life visual effects, such as the glow around the streetlights and car headlights on a foggy day and the murky appearance of underwater scenes. From a computer vision point of view, while on one hand, volumetric scattering degrades images by reducing contrast, it also provides important shape/depth cues, especially for outdoor scenes. This entry provides a summary of various techniques and algorithms for recovering shape/depth using scattering.
Background
Volumetric scattering in the atmosphere (atmospheric scattering) has been studied for over two centuries in the atmospheric optics literature. Some of the prominent sources of literature on the subject are books by Minnaert [1], Middleton [2], and McCartney [3]. In computer vision literature, Cozman and Krotkov [4] and Narasimhan, Schechner, and...
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Gupta, M. (2014). Shape from Scatter. In: Ikeuchi, K. (eds) Computer Vision. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-31439-6_258
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