• 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