Generating a stereoscopic representation

A method for generating a stereoscopic representation of a target object using an imaging system, the method comprising:

• acquiring an optical camera image of an optically opaque part of the target object;
• acquiring, by a material-penetrating acquisition modality, a structure that is optically concealed by the opaque part in a recording direction of the optical camera image;
• automatically specifying a common reference point that is depicted in the optical camera image and by the material-penetrating acquisition modality;
• automatically fixing a stereoscopic depth location of the reference point at a predetermined value;
• automatically generating an overlay image based on the acquired optically concealed structure;
• and
• automatically generating the stereoscopic representation from the optical camera image and the overlay image,
• wherein a stereoscopic depth location of the optical camera image is automatically fixed at the stereoscopic depth location of the reference point and, as a function thereof, a stereoscopic depth location of the overlay image is adjusted in relation to the stereoscopic depth location of the reference point, such that in the stereoscopic representation, the overlay image, at least at the reference point, appears in front of, behind, or in front of and behind the optically opaque part in the recording direction of the optical camera image in accordance with a corresponding real location in front of, behind, or in front of and behind the optically opaque part.

In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by one or more processors to generate a stereoscopic representation of a target object using an imaging system, the instructions comprising:

• acquiring an optical camera image of an optically opaque part of the target object;
• acquiring, by a material-penetrating acquisition modality, a structure that is optically concealed by the opaque part in a recording direction of the optical camera image;
• automatically specifying a common reference point that is depicted in the optical camera image and by the material-penetrating acquisition modality;
• automatically fixing a stereoscopic depth location of the reference point at a predetermined value;
• automatically generating an overlay image based on the acquired optically concealed structure;
• and
• automatically generating the stereoscopic representation from the optical camera image and the overlay image,
• wherein a stereoscopic depth location of the optical camera image is automatically fixed at the stereoscopic depth location of the reference point and, as a function thereof, a stereoscopic depth location of the overlay image is adjusted in relation to the stereoscopic depth location of the reference point, such that in the stereoscopic representation, the overlay image, at least at the reference point, appears in front of, behind, or in front of and behind the optically opaque part in the recording direction of the optical camera image in accordance with a corresponding real location in front of, behind, or in front of and behind the optically opaque part.