A template-based approach to automatic face enhancement

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-300

  Melacci, Stefano ^a   Sarti, Lorenzo ^a   Maggini, Marco ^a   Gori, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Beautification; Face analysis; Facial feature localization; Image warping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955556968     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10044-009-0155-0     Document Type: Article

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