An Automatic 3D Facial Landmarking Algorithm Using 2D Gabor Wavelets

—In this paper we present a novel approach to automatic 3D facial landmarking using 2D Gabor wavelets. Our algorithm considers the face to be a surface and uses map projections to derive 2D features from raw data. Extracted features include texture, relief map and transformations thereof. We extend an established 2D landmarking method for simultaneous evaluation of these data. The method is validated by performing landmarking experiments on two data sets using 21 landmarks and compared to an active shape model implementation. On

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2016
• Where: TIP
• Authors: Markus A. de Jong, Andreas Wollstein, Clifford Ruff, David Dunaway, Pirro Hysi, Tim Spector, Fan Liu, Wiro Niessen, Maarten J. Koudstaal, Manfred Kayser, Eppo B. Wolvius, Stefan Bohringer
• Keywords: Education, TIP 2016