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
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;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
