Active Shape Model （ASM） is a powerful statistical tool to extract the facial features of a face image under frontal view. It mainly relies on Principle Component Analysis （PCA） to statistically model the variabil...Active Shape Model （ASM） is a powerful statistical tool to extract the facial features of a face image under frontal view. It mainly relies on Principle Component Analysis （PCA） to statistically model the variability in the training set of example shapes. Independent Component Analysis （ICA） has been proven to be more efficient to extract face features than PCA. In this paper, we combine the PCA and ICA by the consecutive strategy to form a novel ASM. Firstly, an initial model, which shows the global shape variability in the training set, is generated by the PCA-based ASM. And then, the final shape model, which contains more local characters, is established by the ICA-based ASM. Experimental results verify that the accuracy of facial feature extraction is statistically significantly improved by applying the ICA modes after the PCA modes.展开更多
A new active shape models (ASMs) was presented, which is driven by scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) local descriptor instead of normalizing first order derivative profiles in the original formulation, to segme...A new active shape models (ASMs) was presented, which is driven by scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) local descriptor instead of normalizing first order derivative profiles in the original formulation, to segment lung fields from chest radiographs. The modified SIFT local descriptor, more distinctive than the general intensity and gradient features, is used to characterize the image features in the vicinity of each pixel at each resolution level during the segmentation optimization procedure. Experimental results show that the proposed method is more robust and accurate than the original ASMs in terms of an average overlap percentage and average contour distance in segmenting the lung fields from an available public database.展开更多
In expression recognition, feature representation is critical for successful recognition since it contains distinctive information of expressions. In this paper, a new approach for representing facial expression featu...In expression recognition, feature representation is critical for successful recognition since it contains distinctive information of expressions. In this paper, a new approach for representing facial expression features is proposed with its objective to describe features in an effective and efficient way in order to improve the recognition performance. The method combines the facial action coding system(FACS) and 'uniform' local binary patterns(LBP) to represent facial expression features from coarse to fine. The facial feature regions are extracted by active shape models(ASM) based on FACS to obtain the gray-level texture. Then, LBP is used to represent expression features for enhancing the discriminant. A facial expression recognition system is developed based on this feature extraction method by using K nearest neighborhood(K-NN) classifier to recognize facial expressions. Finally, experiments are carried out to evaluate this feature extraction method. The significance of removing the unrelated facial regions and enhancing the discrimination ability of expression features in the recognition process is indicated by the results, in addition to its convenience.展开更多
针对口形特征点定位的准确性问题,提出一种基于HASM(hierarchical active shape model)的口形轮廓定位方法,采用不等步长、不等角度建模策略和口形聚类策略,构建局部纹理模型作为特征点搜索依据,并利用马氏距离选取最佳定位点．试验结...针对口形特征点定位的准确性问题,提出一种基于HASM(hierarchical active shape model)的口形轮廓定位方法,采用不等步长、不等角度建模策略和口形聚类策略,构建局部纹理模型作为特征点搜索依据,并利用马氏距离选取最佳定位点．试验结果表明,HASM模型的口形特征点定位方法使内唇定位和闭口口形定位的准确率达到90%以上．展开更多
文摘Active Shape Model （ASM） is a powerful statistical tool to extract the facial features of a face image under frontal view. It mainly relies on Principle Component Analysis （PCA） to statistically model the variability in the training set of example shapes. Independent Component Analysis （ICA） has been proven to be more efficient to extract face features than PCA. In this paper, we combine the PCA and ICA by the consecutive strategy to form a novel ASM. Firstly, an initial model, which shows the global shape variability in the training set, is generated by the PCA-based ASM. And then, the final shape model, which contains more local characters, is established by the ICA-based ASM. Experimental results verify that the accuracy of facial feature extraction is statistically significantly improved by applying the ICA modes after the PCA modes.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No60271033)
文摘A new active shape models (ASMs) was presented, which is driven by scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) local descriptor instead of normalizing first order derivative profiles in the original formulation, to segment lung fields from chest radiographs. The modified SIFT local descriptor, more distinctive than the general intensity and gradient features, is used to characterize the image features in the vicinity of each pixel at each resolution level during the segmentation optimization procedure. Experimental results show that the proposed method is more robust and accurate than the original ASMs in terms of an average overlap percentage and average contour distance in segmenting the lung fields from an available public database.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61273339)
文摘In expression recognition, feature representation is critical for successful recognition since it contains distinctive information of expressions. In this paper, a new approach for representing facial expression features is proposed with its objective to describe features in an effective and efficient way in order to improve the recognition performance. The method combines the facial action coding system(FACS) and 'uniform' local binary patterns(LBP) to represent facial expression features from coarse to fine. The facial feature regions are extracted by active shape models(ASM) based on FACS to obtain the gray-level texture. Then, LBP is used to represent expression features for enhancing the discriminant. A facial expression recognition system is developed based on this feature extraction method by using K nearest neighborhood(K-NN) classifier to recognize facial expressions. Finally, experiments are carried out to evaluate this feature extraction method. The significance of removing the unrelated facial regions and enhancing the discrimination ability of expression features in the recognition process is indicated by the results, in addition to its convenience.
基金National High Technology Research and Development Program (863) of China(2007AA01Z334)National Natural Science Foundation of China(69903006,60373065,0721002)New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-04-0460)
文摘针对口形特征点定位的准确性问题,提出一种基于HASM(hierarchical active shape model)的口形轮廓定位方法,采用不等步长、不等角度建模策略和口形聚类策略,构建局部纹理模型作为特征点搜索依据,并利用马氏距离选取最佳定位点．试验结果表明,HASM模型的口形特征点定位方法使内唇定位和闭口口形定位的准确率达到90%以上．
