DocumentCode
1030074
Title
Three-dimensional surface digitizer for facial contour capture
Author
Young, Shuenn T. ; Yip, Shing W. ; Cheng, Hsiang C. ; Shieh, Dar B.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Nat. Yang Ming Med. Coll., Taipei, Taiwan
Volume
13
Issue
1
fYear
1994
Firstpage
125
Lastpage
128
Abstract
To widen the applicability of a 3D surface digitizer, a simple and low cost system is designed here, which can easily capture the surface contours of the human face. It can reconstruct 3D images and provide much information for the quantitative assessment of facial contours.<>
Keywords
analogue-digital conversion; biomedical equipment; image reconstruction; medical image processing; surface topography measurement; 3D images reconstruction; 3D surface digitizer; human face surface contours; medical instrumentation; quantitative assessment; simple low cost system; Biomedical imaging; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Computed tomography; Computerized monitoring; Head; Strips; Surface reconstruction; Surgery; Ultrasonic imaging;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0739-5175
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/51.265791
Filename
265791
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