Background To compare the reliability and accuracy of direct and indirect dental measurements derived from two types of 3D virtual models: generated by intraoral laser scanning (ILS) and segmented cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), comparing these with a 2D digital model. Material and Methods One hundred patients were selected. All patients' records included initial plaster models, an intr...

* Corresponding author. Abstract – Caused by the importance of urban vegetation volume as an indicator for ecologically orientated city planning and since there are several cities which already use laser scanner data at leaf-off aerial flight times for creating 3D city models the idea merges of using this data for that purpose. This paper deals with the question whether laser scanner data that ...

A laser stripe sensor has limited application when a point cloud of geometric samples on the surface of the object needs to be collected, so a galvanometric laser scanner is designed by using a one-mirror galvanometer element as its mechanical device to drive the laser stripe to sweep along the object. A novel mathematical model is derived for the proposed galvanometer laser scanner without any...

Airborne laser scanning systems are opening new possibilities for surveys and documentation of difficult areas and objects, such as dense city areas, forest areas and electrical power lines. Laser scanner systems available on the market are presently in a fairly mature state of art while the processing of airborne laser scanner data still is in an early phase of development. To come from irregu...

A laser stripe sensor has limited application when a point cloud of geometric samples on the surface of the object needs to be collected, so a galvanometric laser scanner is designed by using a one-mirror galvanometer element as its mechanical device to drive the laser stripe to sweep along the object. A novel mathematical model is derived for the proposed galvanometer laser scanner without any...

SUMMARY Terrestrial laser scanners are widely used for metric applications of 3D modelling of buildings, bridges, tunnels and other structures. In common with any measurement system, the calibration of the laser scanner is of paramount importance to achieve the maximum possible accuracy. Even if a calibration certificate of the scanner is provided by the vendor, the scanner should be checked fr...

Permission is granted to quote short excerpts and to reproduce figures and tables from this report, provided that the source of such material is fully acknowledged. Abstract. In this paper, we show that a 3D laser scanner tracking system can be efficiently used in a projective mode similar to photogrammetry-based methods. The best of both laser ranging and photogrammetry can be combined to incr...