3-D ear modeling and recognition from video sequences using shape from shading

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 709-718

  Cadavid, Steven ^a   Abdel Mottaleb, Mohamed ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D ear biometrics; 3 D ear identification; 3 D ear modeling; 3 D ear verification; Shape from shading (SFS)

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIDEO CAMERAS; VIDEO RECORDING;

3-D EAR BIOMETRICS; 3-D EAR IDENTIFICATION; 3-D EAR MODELING; 3-D EAR VERIFICATION; SHAPE FROM SHADING (SFS);

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 56749096337     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2008.2007239     Document Type: Article

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