Measuring skin reflectance parameters

This paper addresses the problem of determining skin reflectance parameters, and studies their stability and discriminating power for different individuals. Our study uses radiance data captured by a Cyberware 3030 range scanner. We analyse the data using a layered reflectance model based on the Beckmann-Kirchhoff wave scattering model. The parameters of this model are the thickness of the skin layers, and their roughness. We investigate how the parameters of this model vary between different subjects, and how they vary for the same subject under different conditions.