@article{opticalreasoningrethinkingimagesasanexpr,
  title = {Optical Reasoning: Rethinking Images as an Expressive Reasoning Medium Beyond Text},
  author = {Yutong Bian and Dongjie Cheng and Heming Xia and Yongqi Li and Wenjie Li},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2606.09585},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.09585},
}