A smartphone application for personalized facial aesthetic monitoring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Methods available at home for capturing facial images to track changes in skin quality and evaluate skincare treatments are limited. In this study, we developed a smartphone camera application (app) for personalized facial aesthetic monitoring.

Materials and methods

A face alignment indicators (FAIN) system utilizing facial landmark detection, an artificial intelligence technique, to estimate key facial parts, was implemented into the app to maintain a consistent facial appearance during image capture. The FAIN system is composed of a fixed target indicator and an alignment indicator that dynamically changes its shape according to the user's face position, size, and orientation. Users align their faces to match the alignment indicator with the fixed target indicat

SUBMITTER: Hashimoto W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11230921 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature