Analysis of facial characteristics in spectropolarimetric imagery

Yongqiang Zhao; Lei Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.749461

15 November 2007 Analysis of facial characteristics in spectropolarimetric imagery

Yongqiang Zhao, Lei Zhang

Proceedings Volume 6788, MIPPR 2007: Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision; 67881E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.749461
Event: International Symposium on Multispectral Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, 2007, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Spectropolarimetric imaging can provide useful discriminating information for human face recognition that cannot be obtained by other imaging methods. This paper examines the ability of face recognition by using spectropolarimetric images. The Spectropolarimetric images were collected by using a CCD camera equipped with a liquid crystal tunable filter, which could capture 32 bands of images over the visible and near-infrared light (0.4μm-0.72μm). Since polarization techniques have better contrast mechanisms for tissue imaging and spectroscopy, and can also provide additional information about the structure of tissues, it is expected that better discriminate performance can be obtained by using polarimetric and spectral information than just using spectral information. An algorithm for facial characteristics analysis is presented to exploit only the spectropolarimetric information from different types of facial tissues. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can distinguish efficiently the different facial tissues.

Citation Download Citation

Yongqiang Zhao and Lei Zhang "Analysis of facial characteristics in spectropolarimetric imagery", Proc. SPIE 6788, MIPPR 2007: Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, 67881E (15 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.749461

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available