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}
}