Special issue on 3D imaging and modelling

Three-dimensional imaging and modelling has advanced over the past decade from the measurement of isolated static objects using laser scanning techniques to the recovery of accurate shape from images and video. This special issue presents an overview of the latest research across the breadth of advances in this field from computational photography for 3D acquisition to techniques for online capture and modelling of dynamic shape. This special issue of CVIU follows the Workshop on 3D Imaging and Modelling 3DIM held in conjunction with ICCV 2009 in Kyoto, Japan. An open call for papers together with invited submissions from the workshop resulted in 25 full-length journal paper submissions. These papers have been subject to a full journal review process with each paper reviewed by both members of the 3DIM programme committee and other members of the community. Most papers have undergone two rounds of review. Twelve papers have been selected for this CVIU-3DIM special issue based on the reviewers comments. The papers in this special issue can be categorised into five topics: 3D imaging; shape reconstruction from single images; shape reconstruction from multiple images; shape registration and matching; and shape representation and recognition.