3D Scanning: A Comprehensive Survey
It provides a comprehensive overview for researchers and practitioners in 3D scanning, but is incremental as it summarizes existing literature.
This paper surveys existing 3D scanning methodologies and technologies, reviewing various techniques such as photogrammetry and laser scanning, and discusses post-processing stages like outlier detection.
This paper provides an overview of 3D scanning methodologies and technologies proposed in the existing scientific and industrial literature. Throughout the paper, various types of the related techniques are reviewed, which consist, mainly, of close-range, aerial, structure-from-motion and terrestrial photogrammetry, and mobile, terrestrial and airborne laser scanning, as well as time-of-flight, structured-light and phase-comparison methods, along with comparative and combinational studies, the latter being intended to help make a clearer distinction on the relevance and reliability of the possible choices. Moreover, outlier detection and surface fitting procedures are discussed concisely, which are necessary post-processing stages.