Computer face-matching technology using two-dimensional photographs accurately matches the facial gestalt of unrelated individuals with the same syndromic form of intellectual disability

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Dudding Byth, Tracy ^a,b,c,j   Baxter, Anne ^a   Holliday, Elizabeth G ^b,c   Hackett, Anna ^a,b,j   O'Donnell, Sheridan ^a   White, Susan M ^d,e   Attia, John ^b,c   Brunner, Han ^f   de Vries, Bert ^f   Koolen, David ^f   Kleefstra, Tjitske ^f   Ratwatte, Seshika ^b,g   Riveros, Carlos ^c   Brain, Steve ^h   Lovell, Brian C ^h,i  

^a Hunter Genetics   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Imagus Technology   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j The University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

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Author keywords

2D photography; Clinical genetics; Computational biology; Computer vision; Dysmorphology; Facial gestalt; Intellectual disability; Phenotyping; Syndromic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL GENETICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DYSMORPHOLOGY; FACIAL GESTALT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PHENOTYPING; SYNDROMIC;

DISEASES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER FACE MATCHING TECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA SEQUENCE; FACIAL RECOGNITION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KABUKI MAKEUP SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; SOFTWARE; TWO DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH; ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FACE; FACIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 85038408903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-017-0410-1     Document Type: Article

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