Underwater light ranging and imaging for macro marine life in-situ observation and measurement

Xinwei Wang; Liang Sun; Pingshun Lei; Jianan Chen; Yuqing Yang; Yue Zhang; Xin Zhong; Jun He; Minmin Wang; Yan Zhou

doi:10.3788/IRLA20211039

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