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Concept to Commercialization of an Artifact for Evaluating 3D Imaging Systems per the ASTM E3125- 17
Published
Author(s)
Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Prem K. Rachakonda, Vincent D. Lee, Katharine M. Shilling, Daniel S. Sawyer, Geraldine S. Cheok, Luc Cournoyer, Joe Gleason
Abstract
The newly released ASTM E3125-17 standard describes several point-to-point distance tests to evaluate the performance of spherical coordinate 3D imaging systems, commonly referred to as terrestrial laser scanners (TLS). The relative-range error test, which is one of several tests described in that standard, is a point-to-point distance test conducted along the ranging direction of the scanner to evaluate the distance measurement errors of the scanner. This paper describes a novel artifact conceived at NIST and now commercialized, that allows the test to performed efficiently, saving users of TLS systems considerable time and money.
Muralikrishnan, B.
, Rachakonda, P.
, Lee, V.
, Shilling, K.
, Sawyer, D.
, Cheok, G.
, Cournoyer, L.
and Gleason, J.
(2018),
Concept to Commercialization of an Artifact for Evaluating 3D Imaging Systems per the ASTM E3125- 17, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.009
(Accessed October 17, 2025)