Uniqueness in Shape from Shading Revisited

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-138

  Kozera, Ryszard ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Fachbereich Informatik 13   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complete integral; Envelopes; Shape from shading; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EIKONAL EQUATION; IMAGE IRRADIANCE EQUATION;

FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031098718     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008249420974     Document Type: Article

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