Coral shape estimation from corallite textures
Abstract
Coral rugosity is known to be correlated to fish abundance. In this paper we estimate coral shape from single digital images alone using the perspective transformation of corralite patterns as cues for surface reconstruction. Recovering shape information from image can replace current rugosity indexing methods that are tedious to implement. The technique is demonstrated on corals belonging to the genera Favia, Favites, and Porites.
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Physics: Key to understanding nature
Liknayan: Susi sa pagtuklas ng kalikasan
24-26 October 2007, University of the Philippines Los BaƱos, Laguna