Shape from Shading and Photometric Stereo Methods

This TR is a review of shading based shape recovery (shape from shading, photometric stereo methods). It reports about advances in appliedwork and about results in theoretical fundamentals. 1 CITR, Tamaki Campus, University Of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 Computer Science Department, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 3 Pathology Institute, Charite, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Shape from Shading and Photometric Stereo Methods Reinhard Klette The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Ryszard Kozera University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Karsten Schl uns Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany