Three-dimensional recording of the human face with a 3D laser scanner

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1193-1202

  Kovacs, L ^a   Zimmermann, A ^a   Brockmann, G ^a   Guhring M ^a   Baurecht, H ^a   Papadopulos, N A ^a   Schwenzer Zimmerer, K ^b   Sader, R ^c   Biemer, E ^a   Zeilhofer, H F ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D shape measurement; Accuracy; Human face; Non contact laser scanner; Precision; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FACE PROFILE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTION; POSTURE;

EID: 33749610199     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.025     Document Type: Article

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