Reconstruction of 3D human facial images using partial differential equations

Journal of Computers

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Elyan, Eyad ^a   Ugail, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D data storage; 3D face representation; Partial Differential Equations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL STORAGE; FACE RECOGNITION; GEOMETRY; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D DATA; 3D FACE RECOGNITION; 3D FACES; ELLIPTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; GEOMETRIC MODELING; PLASTIC SURGERY;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 56749174778     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.2.8.1-8     Document Type: Article

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