RT Journal Article
A1 Elham Farazdaghi
A1 Amine Nait-Ali

PB iet
T1 Backward face ageing model (B-FAM) for digital face image rejuvenation
JN IET Biometrics
VO 6
IS 6
SP 478
OP 486
AB Facial ageing modelling has been an active research topic in the field of anthropology. Considering the fact that ageing is a non-uniform and a non-linear process for different face types (e.g. origins, gender etc.), dealing with a reliable face-ageing model may considerably help investigators working in some specific fields such as forensics. Unlike numerous studies dealing with forward or predictive face models, in this study, the authors propose a backward model aiming at estimating childhood face images using their corresponding adult face appearance as an input. For the proposed approach, face contour and different components are modified non-linearly, based on an estimated geometrical model. On the other hand, the face texture is estimated by mapping a reference face texture to the estimated geometrical model. This approach will show that it will be possible to ‘digitally’ rejuvenate an adult person's face down to it being 3–4 years old. For evaluation purposes, a database has been created from 112 subjects. Results have been evaluated using both objective (face recognition system) and subjective (human perception) criteria. The most promising and interesting results will be highlighted further ahead.
K1 computer vision
K1 backward face ageing model
K1 face texture
K1 childhood face images estimation
K1 digital face image rejuvenation
K1 face contour
K1 B-FAM
DO https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-bmt.2016.0079
UL https://digital-library.theiet.org/;jsessionid=1escvs2bad2h3.x-iet-live-01content/journals/10.1049/iet-bmt.2016.0079
LA English
SN 2047-4938
YR 2017
OL EN