Independent components analysis-based nose detection method

M. Hassaballah, Tomonori Kanazawa, Shinobu Ido, Shun Ido

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Abstract

Automatic detection of facial features plays an important role in many face-related applications. Among these features, nose region is the least varying part of the human face. In this paper, a method for nose region detection is presented. The method adopt Independent Components Analysis (ICA) as a subspace classifier to classify the face candidate region to nose or non nose. The ICA basis vectors are estimated by the FastICA algorithm. The training has been done using features of nose appearance and shape characterized by the edge information. The effect of preprocessing step on the performance at different dimensions of ICA subspace is also examined. The feasibility of the proposed method has been successfully tested using different databases under various imaging conditions and the results are encouraging.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2010
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1863-1867
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781424465149
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2010
Volume4

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