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. 2021 Feb 1;21(3):957. doi: 10.3390/s21030957
CH Cultural Heritage
TH Technological Heritage; Tech Heritage
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRT Magnetic Resonance Tomography
PET Positron Emission Tomography
CT Computed Tomography
CV Computer Vision
SGM Semi-global Matching
tSGM Tube-based Semi-global Matching
SURE Surface Reconstruction (from imagery)
DIM Dense Image Matching
MVS Multi-view Stereo
AR Augmented Reality
VR Virtual Reality
OA Open Access
OS Open Source
CSG Constructive Solid Geometry
ICP Iterative Closest Point (algorithm)
CP Control Point
2D Two-dimensional array of numbers
2.5D Three-dimensional points meshed by 2D topology (triangles, grids)
3D Three-dimensional array—3D points meshed by 3D topology
SfM Structure-from-Motion, Bundle Block Adjustment
PCL Open-source library of algorithms for point cloud processing
Open3D Open-source library dealing with 3D data
V(O) Set of 3D voxels—a voxel cloud
P(O) Set of 3D points—a point cloud
GSD; OSD Ground Sampling Distance; Object Sampling Distance
P rate gyro Gyroscope measuring angular rate along input axis
I rate gyro Gyroscope measuring integrated angular rate along input axis
LGW Luftfahrtgerätewerk Hakenfelde (Berlin)
FoV Field-of-View
CC Creative Commons
CC BY-SA License to share OA contents with other users who respect copyright
Goobi Open-source web-based software
DT Digital Twin
FBP Filtered Back Projection
MLEM Maximum-Likelihood Expectation-Maximization
CNN Convolutional Neural Network
ReLU Rectified Linear Unit (of neural networks)
GPU Graphics Processing Unit
DSLR Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera)
MEMS Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
LKu4 Directional Gyro of Type “Siemens LKu4”
LN3 Inertial Platform of Type “Litton LN-3”
G200 Type of the Gyroscopes of the “Litton LN-3”
glTF Graphics Language Transmission Format, standard file format for 3D models
obj Open file format for 3D data storage and handling
Draco Open-source library for compressing/decompressing 3D meshes
CIDOC International Committee for Documentation
CIDOC CRM CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model