Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 459-464 , May 2007

Stereo image matching for facial feature measurement to aid in fetal alcohol syndrome screening

Received 4 October 2005 ,Revised 2 June 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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 This work was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation (GUN2069096 and GUN2053094) in South Africa.

PII: S1350-4533(06)00134-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.06.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 459-464 , May 2007