Evaluation of Surface Reconstruction Methods

In this paper we discuss the evaluation problem of surface reconstruction algorithms following the methodologies of static, dynamic and photometric stereo analysis. It is important to answer such questions as 1) For what kind of surfaces and 3-D objects an algorithm behaves either well or bad? 2) How accurate are the reconstruction results of an algorithm under specified circumstances? What measure can be used to evaluate reconstruction accuracy? 3) How to compare reconstruction results following different methodologies? 4) What algorithm can be suggested for a specific application project? and so on. So far we present some proposals and first quantitative and qualitative results for answering such questions. In our opinion a methodology for evaluating surface reconstruction algorithms is still at its beginning.