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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Annals</journal-id>
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<journal-title>ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Annals</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9050</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-annals-III-5-73-2016</article-id>
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<article-title>SEE-THROUGH IMAGING OF LASER-SCANNED 3D CULTURAL HERITAGE OBJECTS  BASED ON STOCHASTIC RENDERING OF LARGE-SCALE POINT CLOUDS</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tanaka</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hasegawa</surname>
<given-names>K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Okamoto</surname>
<given-names>N.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Umegaki</surname>
<given-names>R.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Uemura</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Okamoto</surname>
<given-names>A.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Koyamada</surname>
<given-names>K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Research Institute of History, Otemae University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 662-0965, Japan</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>06</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
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<volume>III-5</volume>
<fpage>73</fpage>
<lpage>80</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2016 S. Tanaka et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>We propose a method for the precise 3D see-through imaging, or transparent visualization, of the large-scale and complex point
clouds acquired via the laser scanning of 3D cultural heritage objects. Our method is based on a stochastic algorithm and directly
uses the 3D points, which are acquired using a laser scanner, as the rendering primitives. This method achieves the correct depth
feel without requiring depth sorting of the rendering primitives along the line of sight. Eliminating this need allows us to avoid long
computation times when creating natural and precise 3D see-through views of laser-scanned cultural heritage objects. The opacity of
each laser-scanned object is also flexibly controllable. For a laser-scanned point cloud consisting of more than 10&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt; or 10&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt; 3D points,
the pre-processing requires only a few minutes, and the rendering can be executed at interactive frame rates. Our method enables the
creation of cumulative 3D see-through images of time-series laser-scanned data. It also offers the possibility of fused visualization for
observing a laser-scanned object behind a transparent high-quality photographic image placed in the 3D scene. We demonstrate the
effectiveness of our method by applying it to festival floats of high cultural value. These festival floats have complex outer and inner
3D structures and are suitable for see-through imaging.</p>
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