# Recent Advances in Transient Imaging: A Computer Graphics and Vision Perspective

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.00939 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1611.00939/

## Key facts

- Cited by 12 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 3 Nov 2016.

## Built on by (most cited first, 12 of 12)

- [Non-line-of-Sight Imaging via Neural Transient Fields](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.00373/) (2021)
- [NLOS-NeuS: Non-line-of-sight Neural Implicit Surface](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.12280/) (2023)
- [iToF2dToF: A Robust and Flexible Representation for Data-Driven Time-of-Flight Imaging](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.07087/) (2021)
- [Flying with Photons: Rendering Novel Views of Propagating Light](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.06493/) (2024)
- [Virtual Light Transport Matrices for Non-Line-Of-Sight Imaging](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.12622/) (2021)
- [Polarimetric Spatio-Temporal Light Transport Probing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2105.11609/) (2021)
- [Virtual Mirrors: Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging Beyond the Third Bounce](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.14341/) (2023)
- [Self-Calibrating, Fully Differentiable NLOS Inverse Rendering](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.12047/) (2023)
- [A comprehensive study of time-of-flight non-line-of-sight imaging](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.09548/) (2026)
- [Onsite Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging via Online Calibrations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.14555/) (2021)
- [Non-line-of-sight imaging in the presence of scattering media using phasor fields](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.09223/) (2023)
- [Cascaded Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.16017/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Transient imaging has recently made a huge impact in the computer graphics and computer vision fields. By capturing, reconstructing, or simulating light transport at extreme temporal resolutions, researchers have proposed novel techniques to show movies of light in motion, see around corners, detect objects in highly-scattering media, or infer material properties from a distance, to name a few. The key idea is to leverage the wealth of information in the temporal domain at the pico or nanosecond resolution, information usually lost during the capture-time temporal integration. This paper presents recent advances in this field of transient imaging from a graphics and vision perspective, including capture techniques, analysis, applications and simulation.