Survey on the Research of Computer Aided Facial Reconstruction
计算机辅助颅面复原技术研究

Facial reconstruction is a kind of scientific technology which is based on the rules of the relationship between skull and skin. It is widely applied in the fields such as criminalistics, archeology and so on. This paper introduces the whole process of computer aided 3D facial reconstruction, which including 3D reconstruction of a digital skull, reconstruction of skin from skull data, facial expression and animation etc. Various existing methods about the phases mentioned above are also reviewed. The focus of this paper is on reproducing three-dimensional facial skin based on a small quantity of landmarks and their corresponding tissue thickness, and improving of surface fitting. At last, the tendency of facial reconstruction is given.