Recent Papers

Digital Reconstruction and 4D Presentation through Time, SIGGRAPH'08 Technical Talk, DVD-ROM, Disk.2, Los Angeles, August 11-15, 2008. (PDF, 1Mb)

Surface Reconstruction Of Large Complex Structures From Mixed Range Data - The Erechtheion Experience. Proc. ISPRS XXIth Congress, Beijing, China, July 2008. (PDF, 2.8Mb)

Developments and Performance Analysis of Image Matching for Detailed Surface Reconstruction of Heritage Objects. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 25(4), pp. 55-65, 2008. (PDF, 4Mb)

Effective High Resolution 3D Geometric Reconstruction of Heritage and Archaeological Sites from Images. 35th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. CAA 2007. April 2-6, 2007. Berlin, Germany. (PDF, 1.9Mb)

Detailed 3D Modelling of Castles, International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC), Vol. 5, No. 2, June 2007, pp. 199-220 (PDF, 1.6Mb)

On the Digital Reconstruction and Interactive Presentation of Heritage Sites through Time, The 7th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage VAST (2006), Cyprus, Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, pp. 243-250 (PDF, 0.7Mb)

A sequential approach to capture fine geometric details from images, ISPRS Commission V Symposium, Image Engineering and Vision Mterology, Dresden, Germany, 25-27 Sept., 2006, IAPRS Vol. XXXVI, Part 5, pp. 97-102 (PDF, 6.4Mb)

Image-Based 3D Modeling: A Review. The Photogrammetric Record Journal, 21(115), pp. 269-291, September 2006. (PDF, 0.6Mb)

3-d reconstruction of complex architectures from multiple data, 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of Complex Architectures (3D-Arch’2005), August 22-24, 2005, Venice-Mestre, Italy. (PDF, 4.1Mb)

Experience and challenges in 3D digital documentation of frescoed walls and ceilings from images, Keynote paper, 2nd Canada-Italy Workshop on 3D Digital Imaging and Modeling, May 17-18, 2005, Padua, Italy.. (PDF, 2.5Mb)

A hierarchical 3d reconstruction approach for documenting complex heritage sites”, The XX CIPA International Symposium, Sept. 26 – Oct. 1, 2005, Torino, Italy. (PDF, 2.8Mb)

3D modeling with reusable and integrated building blocks”, 7th Conference on Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques, Oct. 3-5, 2005, Vienna, Austria. (PDF, 4.9Mb)

Digital recording of aboriginal rock art, Proc. 10th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), Ogaki City, Gifu, Japan, 17-19 Nov., 2004, pp. 344-353. (PDF, 1.85Mb)

Modeling and visualization of aboriginal rock art in the Baiame cave, Proc. of the XXth Congress of ISPRS, Vol XXXV, Part B, pp. 990-995, Istanbul, 12-23 July 2004. (PDF, 1.9 Mb).

Photo-realistic 3-D reconstruction of castles with multiple-sources image-based techniques. Proc. of the XXth Congress of ISPRS, Vol XXXV, Part B, pp. 120-125, Istanbul, 12-23 July 2004. (PDF, 3.2 Mb).

Detailed 3D reconstruction of large-scale heritage sites with integrated techniques. IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, May/June 2004, 23(3), pp. 21-29.

Visualization of highly textured surfaces. 4th Int. Symp. Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage (VAST2003), Brighton, UK, 5-7 November 2003. (PDF, 1.32 Mb).

Effective 3D modeling of heritage sites. 4th Int. Conf. 3D Imaging and Modeling (3DIM'03), Banff, Canada, pp. 302-309, 6-10 October 2003. (PDF, 1.42 Mb).

Critical factors and configurations for practical 3D image-based modeling. 6th Conf. Optical 3D Measurement Techniques, Zurich, Switzerland, Vol. II, pp. 159-167, 22-25 September 2003. (PDF, 1.23 Mb).

Visualization of frescoed surfaces: Buonconsiglio Castle - Aquila Tower, "Cycle of the Months". International Workshop on Visualization and Animation of 3D Reality-based Models, Tarasp-Vulpera, Switzerland, 24-28 February 2003. (PDF, 609 Kb).

Virtualizing a Byzantine Crypt by Combining High-resolution Textures with Laser Scanner 3D Data. VSMM2002, Gyeongju, Korea, pp. 3-14, 25-27 September 2002. (PDF, 1.7 Mb).

Semi-automatic 3D reconstruction of occluded and unmarked surfaces from widely separated views. Proceedings of ISPRS Commission V Symposium, Close0Range Visualization Techniques, Corfu, Greece, September 1-2, 2002. pp. 143-148. (PDF, 2.3 Mb).

Detailed 3D reconstruction of monuments using multiple techniques. Proceedings of the Intern. Workshop on Scanning for Cultural Heritage Recording - Complementing or Replacing Photogrammetry, Corfu, Greece. September 01-02, 2002. pp.13-18. (PDF, 2.4 Mb).

Towards automatic modeling of monuments and towers. IEEE Proceedings of the International Symposium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT 2002), Padova, Italy. June 19-21, 2002. pp. 526-531.(PDF, 2.23 Mb).

PORTALS. ACM SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 143, Animation Theater Program, Vol. 2, July 2002.

A flexible approach to 3D reconstruction from single images. SIGGRAPH'01 Sketches and Applications. (PDF, 1.4 Mb).

Three-dimensional modeling of complex environments. SPIE Proceedings vol. 4309, Videometrics and Optical Methods for 3D Shape Measurement, San Jose, Jan 20-26, 2001.(PDF, 893 KB)

A practical approach to creating precise and detailed 3D models from single and multiple views. International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume 33, Part B5A, Commission V, pp 122-129, Amsterdam, July 16-23, 2000. (PDF, 286 KB)

Short-baseline active triangulation for CAD reconstruction of room-sized industrial environments. International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume 33, Part B5A, Commission V, pp 202-209, Amsterdam, July 16-23, 2000. (PDF, 233 KB)

Experimental Analysis and Design Considerations of Virtual Environments Creation, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3641, Videometrics VI, pp. 127-138, San Jose, January 28-29, 1999 (PDF, 1018 KB)

A multi-sensor approach to creating accurate virtual environments", ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Vol. 53, No. 6, December 1998, pp. 379-391 (PDF, 675 KB)

An Approach to Creating Virtual Environments Using Range and Texture, Proc. ISPRS Commission V Symposium, Hakodate, Japan, June 2-5, 1998 (PDF, 1174 KB).

A Mobile System for Indoors 3-D Mapping and Positioning, Proc. Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 1997 (PDF, 221 KB).

Sensor Based Creation of Indoor Virtual Environment Models, Proc. Virtual Systems and Multimedia-VSMM'97, IEEE Computer Society Press, Sept. 10-12, 1997 (PDF, 474 KB).

A System for Indoor 3-D Mapping and Virtual Environments, SPIE Proc. 3174, Videometrics V, July 1997 (PDF, 569 KB).

Object Model Creation from Multiple Range Images: Acquisition, Calibration, Model Building and Verification, Proc. Recent Advances in 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp 326-333 May 1997 (PDF, 857 KB).

Two 3-D Sensors for Environment Modeling and Virtual Reality: Calibration and Multi-View Registration, ISPRS Congress, Vienna, July 1996. International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission V Proceedings, pp 140-146 (zipped PS, 85 KB). Upated version of this paper is published in ISPRS Highlights, Vol.2, No.1, 1997, pp 13-21 (PDF, 721 KB).

Configuration Design for Sensor Integration. SPIE Proc. 2598, Videometrics IV, pp 274-285, Oct. 1995 (zipped PS, 93 KB).

Performance Evaluation of Three Active Vision Systems Built at the NRC. 3rd Conf. on Optical Measurement Techniques, Vienna, pp 352-361, Oct 1995 (zipped PS, 166 KB).

A Comparative Evaluation of the Performance of Passive and Active 3-D Vision Systems. SPIE Proc. 2646, St.Petersburg Conf. on Digital Photogrammetry, pp 14-25, June 1995 (PDF, 107 KB).

The Development and Clinical Application of a Patient Position Monitoring System. Videometrics III, Proc. SPIE 2350, Boston, MA, Nov. 2-4, 1994 (PDF 114 KB).

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