Density estimation for dynamic volumes

  • Authors:
  • Christian Fuchs;Tongbo Chen;Michael Goesele;Holger Theisel;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Affiliations:
  • MPI Informatik, Germany;MPI Informatik, Germany;University of Washington, USA;University of Bielefeld, Germany;MPI Informatik, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Graphics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We propose a new approach to capture the volumetric density of dynamic scattering media instantaneously with a single image. The volume is probed with a set of laser lines and the scattered intensity is recorded by a conventional camera. We then determine the density along the laser lines taking the scattering properties of the media into account. A specialized approximation technique reconstructs the full density field in the volume. We apply the technique to capture the volumetric density of participating media such as smoke.