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An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models
Acquiring accurate 3D biological models efficiently and economically is important for morphological data collection and analysis in organismal biology. In recent years, structure-from-motion (SFM) photogrammetry has become increasingly popular in biological research due to its flexibility and being...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37465202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad024 |
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description | Acquiring accurate 3D biological models efficiently and economically is important for morphological data collection and analysis in organismal biology. In recent years, structure-from-motion (SFM) photogrammetry has become increasingly popular in biological research due to its flexibility and being relatively low cost. SFM photogrammetry registers 2D images for reconstructing camera positions as the basis for 3D modeling and texturing. However, most studies of organismal biology still relied on commercial software to reconstruct the 3D model from photographs, which impeded the adoption of this workflow in our field due the blocking issues such as cost and affordability. Also, prior investigations in photogrammetry did not sufficiently assess the geometric accuracy of the models reconstructed. Consequently, this study has two goals. First, we presented an affordable and highly flexible SFM photogrammetry pipeline based on the open-source package OpenDroneMap (ODM) and its user interface WebODM. Second, we assessed the geometric accuracy of the photogrammetric models acquired from the ODM pipeline by comparing them to the models acquired via microCT scanning, the de facto method to image skeleton. Our sample comprised 15 Aplodontia rufa (mountain beaver) skulls. Using models derived from microCT scans of the samples as reference, our results showed that the geometry of the models derived from ODM was sufficiently accurate for gross metric and morphometric analysis as the measurement errors are usually around or below 2%, and morphometric analysis captured consistent patterns of shape variations in both modalities. However, subtle but distinct differences between the photogrammetric and microCT-derived 3D models could affect the landmark placement, which in return affected the downstream shape analysis, especially when the variance within a sample is relatively small. At the minimum, we strongly advise not combining 3D models derived from these two modalities for geometric morphometric analysis. Our findings can be indictive of similar issues in other SFM photogrammetry tools since the underlying pipelines are similar. We recommend that users run a pilot test of geometric accuracy before using photogrammetric models for morphometric analysis. For the research community, we provide detailed guidance on using our pipeline for building 3D models from photographs. |
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spelling | pubmed-103506692023-07-18 An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models Zhang, C Maga, A M Integr Org Biol Article Acquiring accurate 3D biological models efficiently and economically is important for morphological data collection and analysis in organismal biology. In recent years, structure-from-motion (SFM) photogrammetry has become increasingly popular in biological research due to its flexibility and being relatively low cost. SFM photogrammetry registers 2D images for reconstructing camera positions as the basis for 3D modeling and texturing. However, most studies of organismal biology still relied on commercial software to reconstruct the 3D model from photographs, which impeded the adoption of this workflow in our field due the blocking issues such as cost and affordability. Also, prior investigations in photogrammetry did not sufficiently assess the geometric accuracy of the models reconstructed. Consequently, this study has two goals. First, we presented an affordable and highly flexible SFM photogrammetry pipeline based on the open-source package OpenDroneMap (ODM) and its user interface WebODM. Second, we assessed the geometric accuracy of the photogrammetric models acquired from the ODM pipeline by comparing them to the models acquired via microCT scanning, the de facto method to image skeleton. Our sample comprised 15 Aplodontia rufa (mountain beaver) skulls. Using models derived from microCT scans of the samples as reference, our results showed that the geometry of the models derived from ODM was sufficiently accurate for gross metric and morphometric analysis as the measurement errors are usually around or below 2%, and morphometric analysis captured consistent patterns of shape variations in both modalities. However, subtle but distinct differences between the photogrammetric and microCT-derived 3D models could affect the landmark placement, which in return affected the downstream shape analysis, especially when the variance within a sample is relatively small. At the minimum, we strongly advise not combining 3D models derived from these two modalities for geometric morphometric analysis. Our findings can be indictive of similar issues in other SFM photogrammetry tools since the underlying pipelines are similar. We recommend that users run a pilot test of geometric accuracy before using photogrammetric models for morphometric analysis. For the research community, we provide detailed guidance on using our pipeline for building 3D models from photographs. Oxford University Press 2023-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10350669/ /pubmed/37465202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad024 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Zhang, C Maga, A M An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models |
title | An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models |
title_full | An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models |
title_fullStr | An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models |
title_full_unstemmed | An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models |
title_short | An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models |
title_sort | open-source photogrammetry workflow for reconstructing 3d models |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37465202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad024 |
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