Title :
An image based quantitative evaluation method for Facial Paralysis
Author :
Nishida, Takeshi ; Chen, Yen-wei ; Matsushiro, Naoki ; Chihara, Kunihiro
Author_Institution :
Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Nara, Japan
Abstract :
We proposed an image based quantitative evaluation method for Facial Paralysis. We selected a left cheek point and a right cheek point as a pair of landmarks for quantitative analysis. We first calculated both moving distances of each landmark in horizontal direction and vertical direction when becoming expression face from the natural face. We showed the movement difference between the left landmark and right landmark can be used as a quantitative measure of paralysis level.
Keywords :
face recognition; medical image processing; Yanagihara grading system; facial paralysis; image based quantitative evaluation method; left cheek point; paralysis level map; right cheek point; Cameras; Diseases; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Image analysis; Surgery; Yanagihara grading system; facial image; facial paralysis; landmarks; paralysis level map;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering and Data Mining (SEDM), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7324-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-88678-22-0
