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Detailed documentation
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+ The original manual :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/ptvmanual.pdf>` and the reference guide :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/reference_guide.pdf>` written by Jochen Willneff in 2003 (Read it first).
+ Thesis of Maas `[Link to PDF] <https://openptv-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_downloads/b9b04c2b8a7dc124461a70138ce3c871/ptvmanual.pdf>`_
+ Thesis of Jochen Willneff that explains most of the theory behind the 3D-PTV `[Link] <https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/baug/igp/igp-dam/documents/PhD_Theses/82.pdf>`_
+ Multi-plane calibration manual by Lorenzo del Castello, TU/e. :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/calibTutorial.pdf>`
+ Dumbbell (or wand) calibration, :doc:`dumbbell_calibration`
+ PTV file system description: briefly about rt_is and ptv_is files <PTV_files> or detailed :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/PTVFileSystem.pdf>`
+ Technical aspects of 3D PTV :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/Technical_aspects.pdf>`
+ Python Bindings to PTV library :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/Python_bindings.pdf>`
+ Tutorial written by Hristo Goumnerov  :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/OpenPTV Manual - first draft.docx>`
+ Master thesis, *three-dimensional particle tracking velocimetry for turbulence applications*, written by Jin-Tae Kim in 2015 `[Website Link] <http://chamorro.mechse.illinois.edu/3d.htm>`_
+ Report and tutorial by Dominik Bauer, *Particle Tracking Velocimetry with OpenPTV*, :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/PTV_report-Dominik Bauer.pdf>`
+ Coordinate systems used in OpenPTV by Yosef Meller :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/ptv_coordinates.pdf>`
+ Skew-midpoint algorithm by Yosef Meller :download:`[Link] <../add_docs/skew_midpoint.pdf>`


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   
   PTV_files
   benchmark
   calibration_files
   dumbbell_calibration
   splitter
   ptv_coordinates
   refactor_plan
   projects