Automatic recognition of biological body landmark

Abstract

Many different automated applications require the automatic recognition of biological body landmarks, such as biometric identification, and three-dimensional (3-D) body scanning. Some methods are based on the photographic image of a human subject [1]. Image analysis methods are based on clustering the regions of pixels according to the texture information [2]. Feature-based recognition from photographic image is possible too [3]. Other methods are based on the template matching [4]. In this article, the researchers present a framework that is based on the geometric information with examples and discussion on the actual application with 3-D body scanners.