Development of a 3-D measurement and evaluation system for facial forms with a liquid crystal range finder

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-173

  Yamada, Tomohiro ^a   Sugahara, Toshio ^a   Mori, Yoshihide ^a   Minami, Katsuhiro ^a   Sakuda, Masayosi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D measurement; Cleft lip; Facial morphology; Range finder

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MORPHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL RANGE FINDERS (LCRF);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLEFT LIP; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT LIP; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033082329     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00064-9     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Peyton W.T., Ritchie H.P. Quantitative studies on congenital clefts of the lip. Arch. Surg. 33:1936;1046-1053.
2. Farkas L.G., Hajnis K., Posnick J.C. Anthropometric and anthroposcopic findings of the nasal and facial region in cleft patients before and after primary lip and palate repair. Cleft Palate-Craniofac. J. 30:1993;1-12.
3. Cutting C.B., McCarthy J.G., Karron D.B. Three-dimensional input of body surface data using a laser light scanner. Ann. Plast. Surg. 21:1988;38-45.
4. Moss J.P., Linney A.D., Grindrod S.R., Mosse C.A. A laser scanning system for the measurement of facial surface morphology. Opt. Lasers Eng. 10:1989;179-190.
5. Bush K., Antonyshyn O. Three-dimensional facial anthropometry using a laser surface scanner: Validation of the technique. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 98:1996;226-235.
6. Deacon A.T., Anthony A.G., Bhatia S.N., Muller J.P. Evaluation of a CCD-based facial measurement system. Med. Inform. 16:1991;213-228.
7. F. Ras, L.L. Habets, van Ginkel F.C. Andersen, B. Prahl, Three-dimensional evaluation of facial asymmetry in cleft lip and palate, Cleft Palate-Craniofac. J. 31 (1994) 116-121.
8. Ferrario V.F., Sforza C., Miani A. Jr., Sera G. A three-dimensional evaluation of human facial symmetry. J. Anat. 186:1995;103-110.
9. Kawai T., Natsume N., Shibata H., Yamamoto T. Three-dimensional analysis of facial morphology using moire stripes. Part I. Method. Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 19:1990;356-358.
10. Chen L.H., Iizuka T. Evaluation and prediction of the facial appearance after surgical correction of mandibular hyperplasia. Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 24:1995;322-326.
11. M.W. Vannier, T. Pilgram, G. Bhatia, B. Brunsden, Facial surface scanner. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Nov. (1991) 72.
12. Mishima K., Sugahara T., Mori Y., Sakuda M. A method of 3-D measurement and evaluation of external nasal forms. J. Osaka Univ. Dent. Sch. 35:1995;45-58.
13. Mishima K., Sugahara T., Mori Y., Sakuda M. Application of a new method for anthropometric analysis of the nose. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 98:1996;637-644.
14. K. Sato, S. Inokuchi, Range-imaging system utilizing nematic liquid crystal mask. IEEE 1st ICCV (1987) 657-661.
15. T. Yamada, T. Sugahara, Y. Mori, K. Minami, M. Sakuda, A Rapid 3-D measuring system for facial surface morphology. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. in press.