%X Among the full-field optical measurement methods, the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is one of the techniques which has been given particular attention. Technically, the DIC technique refers to a non-contact strain measurement method that mathematically compares the grey intensity changes of the images captured at two different states: before and after deformation. The measurement can be performed by numerically calculating the displacement of speckles which are deposited on the top of object�s surface. In this paper, the Two-Dimensional Digital Image Correlation (2D-DIC) is presented and its fundamental concepts are discussed. Next, the development of the 2D-DIC algorithms in the past 33 years is reviewed systematically. The improvement of 2DDIC algorithms is presented with respect to two distinct aspects: their computation efficiency and measurement accuracy. Furthermore, analysis of the 2D-DIC accuracy is included, followed by a review of the DIC applications for two-dimensional measurements. © 2016 Polish Academy of Sciences. %K Computational efficiency; Deformation; Image analysis; Optical correlation, Computation efficiency; D. digital image correlation (DIC); Digital image correlations; Full field optical measurement; Fundamental concepts; Measurement accuracy; Surface deformation; Two-dimensional measurement, Strain measurement %J Metrology and Measurement Systems %L scholars6853 %O cited By 97 %N 3 %R 10.1515/mms-2016-0028 %D 2016 %V 23 %I Polish ACAD Sciences Committee Metrology and Res Equipment %A S.-W. Khoo %A S. Karuppanan %A C.-S. Tan %T A review of surface deformation and strain measurement using two-dimensional digital image correlation %P 461-480