Facial movement analysis in ASL

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Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-374

  Vogler, Christian ^a   Goldenstein, Siome ^b  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

DEFORMABLE MODEL TRACKING SYSTEM; FACE TRACKING FRAMEWORK; FACIAL MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; OCCLUSIONS; OUTLIER REJECTION METHODS;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 38949213461     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-007-0096-6     Document Type: Article

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