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90pc Success Rate in Spotting Gene Syndromes Through 3D Face Scans
New software may help solve the problem of the 700 genetic syndromes that affect facial traits say scientists. These are difficult to spot because very few cases exist and the new software will serve as a panacea for the ailing patients.
The technology, presented at the BA Festival of Science in York, compares an individuals face with a bank of 3D images of people with known conditions. According to scientists, the technology has shown 90 per cent of success rate.
"There are many conditions where the face can have unusual features arising from alterations in the genes," the BBC quoted Peter Hammond, a computer scientist at the UCL Institute for Child Health in London who carried out the research, as saying.
Collecting 3D images of children with known problem, Prof. Hammond has created software that combines the images to create an average face" of a child with different genetic conditions. He has also built up the average face of a child with no known genetic disorder for comparison.
Prof. Hammond has revealed that each composite image is made up of between 30 to 150 images.
"When we have a child with an unknown condition, we take a 3D picture of their face and we have developed techniques that allow us to compare their face with these averages, he said.
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