Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry

This paper describes the use of stereophotogrammetry approach to measure and hence identify accurately three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of important landmarks on a craniofacial surface. A “novel� technique dubbed as “natural features� technique was employed to accurately compute the 3D co...

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Main Authors: Majid, Zulkepli, Chong, A, Setan, Halim, Ahmad, Anuar, Rajion, Zainul
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Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/1196/
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author Majid, Zulkepli
Chong, A
Setan, Halim
Ahmad, Anuar
Rajion, Zainul
author_facet Majid, Zulkepli
Chong, A
Setan, Halim
Ahmad, Anuar
Rajion, Zainul
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description This paper describes the use of stereophotogrammetry approach to measure and hence identify accurately three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of important landmarks on a craniofacial surface. A “novel� technique dubbed as “natural features� technique was employed to accurately compute the 3D coordinates of selected craniofacial landmarks. The natural features technique involves the use of 3D coordinates of the natural features (such as acne, scar, corners of eyes, edge of mouth, point of chin, etc.) that appear on the craniofacial surface as an absolute stereophotogrammetric mapping control points. The 3D coordinates of the natural features were gained using digital photogrammetric bundle adjustment method. Validation of the proposed technique has firstly been carried out using mannequin and finally, it was applied on the real-life human faces. The result shows that the craniofacial landmark measurement accuracy of 0.8mm with one standard deviation can be successfully achieved by the proposed technique.
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spelling utm-11962010-06-01T02:51:57Z http://eprints.utm.my/1196/ Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry Majid, Zulkepli Chong, A Setan, Halim Ahmad, Anuar Rajion, Zainul TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This paper describes the use of stereophotogrammetry approach to measure and hence identify accurately three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of important landmarks on a craniofacial surface. A “novel� technique dubbed as “natural features� technique was employed to accurately compute the 3D coordinates of selected craniofacial landmarks. The natural features technique involves the use of 3D coordinates of the natural features (such as acne, scar, corners of eyes, edge of mouth, point of chin, etc.) that appear on the craniofacial surface as an absolute stereophotogrammetric mapping control points. The 3D coordinates of the natural features were gained using digital photogrammetric bundle adjustment method. Validation of the proposed technique has firstly been carried out using mannequin and finally, it was applied on the real-life human faces. The result shows that the craniofacial landmark measurement accuracy of 0.8mm with one standard deviation can be successfully achieved by the proposed technique. 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1196/1/2006-orofacial.pdf Majid, Zulkepli and Chong, A and Setan, Halim and Ahmad, Anuar and Rajion, Zainul (2006) Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry. Archives of Orofacial Sciences, 1 . pp. 42-50.
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Majid, Zulkepli
Chong, A
Setan, Halim
Ahmad, Anuar
Rajion, Zainul
Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry
title Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry
title_full Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry
title_fullStr Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry
title_full_unstemmed Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry
title_short Natural Features Technique for Non-Contact Three Dimensional Craniofacial Anthropometry Using Stereophotogrammetry
title_sort natural features technique for non-contact three dimensional craniofacial anthropometry using stereophotogrammetry
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://eprints.utm.my/1196/
http://eprints.utm.my/1196/1/2006-orofacial.pdf