Acta Optica Sinica (Online), Volume. 2, Issue 13, 1305001(2025)

A Survey of Monocular Depth Estimation Methods Based on Deep Learning

Yiquan Wu* and Haobo Xie
Author Affiliations
  • College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, Jiangsu , China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Information Acquisition, Display, and Processing

    Received: Apr. 25, 2025

    Accepted: May. 15, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 7, 2025

    The Author Email: Yiquan Wu (nuaaimage@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOSOL250454

    CSTR:32394.14.AOSOL250454

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