Product Description: Understanding how the shape of a three dimensional object may be recovered from shading in a two-dimensional image of the object is one of the most important -- and still unresolved -- problems in machine vision. Although this important subfield is now in its second decade, this book is the first to provide a comprehensive review of shape from shading...read more

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Product Description: This book presents a coherent approach to the fast moving field of machine vision, using a consistent notation based on a detailed understanding of the image formation process. It covers even the most recent research and will provide a useful and current reference for professionals working in the fields of machine vision, image processing, and pattern recognition...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)