A team of University clinicians
and computer scientists can, for the first time, carry out facial movement
research and transform the way patients needing facial surgery are diagnosed
and monitored thanks to a new state-of-the-art 3D surface motion imaging
system. Working alongside a leading company in the field, 3dMD, a team of
University academics have developed the first commercial system capable of
recording moving human images in 3D.
Research into facial movement has
important applications in patients whose facial movement is affected by
conditions such as a cleft lip, neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s
disease or someone who has experienced a stroke. Videos have generally been the
preferred method for recording facial movements – unfortunately, they are
only-two dimensional so when analysing how the face moves, important data is
lost.
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