Integrating Shape from Stereo and Shape from Focus for Surface Reconstruction in Optical Microscopy

The goal of this project is the development of a digital stereo microscopy system to reconstruct the 3D surface of different specimens. Due to the small depth of field of microscopes and the inclination of the imaging tubes a small area of the specimen can be seen in focus only. Thus, the combination and calibration of different 'Shape from X' methods is necessary. In this case X stands for stereo and focus. Questions concerning setup design and setup calibration, image acquisition, reconstruction and visualization are treated. not assigned GG: Internal Project of the Institute