Today very fast terrestrial laser scanners are available which can be very well combined with panoramic cameras to make 3Dpanoramic recording possible. Due to the very precise depth information of the laser scanner and the high resolved color information provided by the CCD sensor of the panoramic camera 3D-panoramic images of high quality can be obtained. In order to assess the performance of ...

Previous panoramic studies focused on image stitching and the panoramic camera development. In recent years, people began to focus on panoramic scalability issues, the existed methods adopt traditional photogrammetric methods for data processing based on a multi-directional panorama images, using a large number of control points and combined bundle adjustment. Indeed, panorama itself is a kind ...

The capturing of panoramic 360◦ images has become a popular photographic technique. While a complete 360◦ view gives an impressive view of the environment, many people have difficulties to understand the spatial scene arrangement from this flat image. For this reason, we present and discuss various visualizations of panoramic images. Furthermore, we propose an alternative visualization for pano...

In this paper, we present a new image based rendering technology called panoramic mosaics of slit images with depth. By limit camera motion only in a horizontal plane, a slit image with united depth value is used as the element of rendering. Compared with panorama, this method can support the movement of virtual camera. Multiple panoramic mosaics of slit images with depth can be joined up to pr...

This paper proposes a semi-automatic image-based approach for 3-dimensional (3D) modeling of buildings along streets. Image-based urban 3D modeling techniques are typically based on the use of aerial and ground-level images. The aerial image of the relevant area is extracted from publically available sources in Google Maps by stitching together different patches of the map. Panoramic images are...

This presentation demonstrates 3D aware panoramic imagery and its use in mixed reality applications. Recent data scanning technologies are capable of producing 3D aware panoramic images of large scale outdoor environments. These datasets, collected and stored in global geo-coordinates, consist of 360 degree panoramic imagery and real-world shape from LiDAR laser scans. The resulting imagery and...

A key component in most virtual reality systems is the ability to perform a walkthrough of a virtual environment from different viewing positions and orientations. Recent advances in image-based rendering techniques allow us to have interactive panoramic viewing of real world environment using real photos. With panorama visualization tools like QuickTime VR, we are able to have fast navigation ...

The panoramic radiograph is an excellent extraoral radiograph to reveal abnormalities and pathologic conditions of the jaws and to show calcification of adjacent soft tissue. A single panoramic radiograph provides a significant image of the maxillofacial skeleton and dentition and often is used as a survey or screening film because of the area it covers. The panoramic radiograph does not provid...

Multi-resolution techniques have been used in a wide range of vision applications. Unfortunately, the costly operation of building a proper pyramid strongly reduces its value as a tool for reducing computational cost. A new approach, physical panoramic pyramid, is introduced in this paper. Physical panoramic pyramid measures multiple resolutions simultaneously resulting in multi-resolution pano...

OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at comparing indices obtained from dental panoramic radiographs with bone densitometry results in the identification of individuals affected by osteoporosis/osteopenia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Panoramic mandibular, mental, antegonial, gonial and mandibular cortical indices calculated with basis on dental panoramic radiographs of postmenopausal women were co...