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  • Materials Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Microscopy

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  • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) provides high-resolution 2D images of microscopic surfaces.
  • Understanding 3D structures is crucial for many scientific and educational applications, but SEM yields only 2D data.
  • Existing methods for 3D reconstruction from SEM images have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an efficient and intelligent method for multi-view 3D surface reconstruction from SEM images.
  • To improve the precision of SEM extrinsic calibration and 3D surface modeling.
  • To enable a more comprehensive understanding of microscopic object geometries.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of machine learning, contrario methodology, and epipolar geometry.
  • Development of a novel computational approach named 3DSEM++.
  • Multi-view 3D SEM surface reconstruction using adaptive and intelligent techniques.

Main Results:

  • The 3DSEM++ method achieves significant precision in SEM extrinsic calibration.
  • The approach demonstrates high accuracy in 3D surface modeling of microscopic specimens.
  • Experiments on real and synthetic data validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Conclusions:

  • 3DSEM++ offers a powerful tool for advanced 3D surface reconstruction from SEM data.
  • The method enhances the qualitative and informative visualization of microscopic samples.
  • This work contributes to a deeper understanding of microscale structures across various scientific fields.