Stereo Matching with Nonlinear Diffusion

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-174

  Scharstein, Daniel ^a   Szeliski, Richard ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Nonlinear diffusion; Stereo matching; Variable sized support region

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; CAMERAS; DIFFUSION; STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; STEREO MATCHING; VARIABLE SIZED SUPPORT REGION;

STEREO VISION;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; STEREO MATCHING; VARIABLE-SIZED SUPPORT REGION;

EID: 0032092127     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008015117424     Document Type: Article

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