A Study on Computer-Aided Facial Reconstruction in Forensic Medicine

Abstract

In forensic medicine, facial reconstruction means the techniques to reconstruct the face of a deceased person giving the skull of his/her cadacer. Using computers to assist facial reconstruction can increase fidelity, reliability,and efficiency;in addition, many advanced functions can also be incorporated. In this paper, we desigh a computeraided facial reconstruction system. The primary contributions are: 1.Propose a method to evaluate the thickness relationship between facial soft tissue and skull,and use the relationship to create a statistics database. 2.Design a facial reconstruction system that reconstructs a 3D facial model for a skull according to the statistics database.