An accurate active shape model for facial feature extraction

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2409-2423

  Wan, Kwok Wai ^a,b   Lam, Kin Man ^a   Ng, Kit Chong ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Titanium Technology Research Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active shape model; Facial feature extraction; Genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

FACE RECOGNITION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACTIVE SHAPE MODEL; ENERGY FUNCTION; FACIAL FEATURE EXTRACTION; FRONTAL-VIEWED MODELS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 25844443624     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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