Communications of the ACM
Next Step in Facial Imaging
A new state-of-the-art 3D surface motion imaging system enables facial movement research and transforms the way patients needing facial surgery will be diagnosed and monitored.
Credit: Cardiff University News
Cardiff University researchers have developed a system capable of recording moving human images in three dimensions, which they say enables scientists to carry out facial movement research and transform the way patients needing facial surgery are diagnosed and monitored.
"Research into facial movement has important applications in patients whose facial movement is affected by conditions such as a cleft lip, neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, or someone who has experienced a stroke," says Cardiff's Hashmat Popat.
The researchers say their work could lead to a very dense optical-tracking system that can understand and quantify the subtleties of soft tissue deformation during facial movement in babies, children, and adult subjects.
"Not only will we be able to objectively assess a patient’s functional outcome and how others in the community react to the outcome, our team will be able to start advancing computerized simulation models to replicate facial expression and functional behavior for those patients undergoing treatment," says Cardiff professor Stephen Richmond.
From Cardiff University News
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