title: Detection and analysis of hair.
abstract: We develop computational models for measuring hair appearance for comparing different people. The models and methods developed have applications to person recognition and image indexing. An automatic hair detection algorithm is described and results reported. A multidimensional representation of hair appearance is presented and computational algorithms are described. Results on a data set of 524 subjects are reported. Identification of people using hair attributes is compared to eigenface-based recognition along with a joint, eigenface-hair-based identification.
authors.affiliation: Computer Vision Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. yaser@umiacs.umd.edu
authors.forename: Yaser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yacoob
authors.forename: Larry S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003116:Color; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006197:Hair / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*