From Skull to Face: an Improved Framework for Ethnically Faithful 3D Face Reconstruction

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2006
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The Eurographics Association
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3D imagery can be a useful tool for archaeologists and anthropologists committed to the study of ancient people, helping them to better visualize the results of their theories and findings. This paper presents a methodology to generate a tridimensional model of a compatible face from its skull, and is specifically aimed to archaeological/anthropological applications. The proposed approach to facial reconstruction, that relies on craniometrical analysis and content based image retrieval technology, has two main purposes: to achieve a more ethnically faithful reproduction of main facial features respect to other techniques based on statistical data, and to allow a plausible reproduction of important physiognomic features (such as eyes, nose, lips, ears and hairs) which can t be inferred from the skull. The facial reconstruction of a female subject found in the archaeological site of Murecine (Pompei) who found death during the volcanic eruption in 79 a. C. is presented as a case study.
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@inproceedings{
:10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalianChapConf2006/225-231
, booktitle = {
4th Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference
}, editor = {
S. Battiato and G. Gallo and F. Stanco
}, title = {{
From Skull to Face: an Improved Framework for Ethnically Faithful 3D Face Reconstruction
}}, author = {
Abate, A. F.
and
Nappi, M.
and
Ricciardi, S.
and
Sabatino, G.
}, year = {
2006
}, publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
}, ISBN = {
3-905673-58-4
}, DOI = {
/10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalianChapConf2006/225-231
} }
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