title: Human face representation by means of polynomial expansion of the harmonic descriptors of tomograms.
abstract: A method is presented to obtain realistic modifications of faces represented as sequences of tomograms, to be used for geometrical modelling or for planning of plastic surgery. This method uses a mathematical model consisting of the harmonic expansion of tomograms whose harmonic parameters are represented by cubic spline functions of the z variable. Based on this model a three dimensional shape editor is proposed that allows for local modifications. The results obtained using tomograms of a plaster mould are presented.
authors: Department of Communications, Computer and System Science, Genoa University, Italy.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Morasso
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Ruggiero
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods*