A Novel Deep Learning-Based Approach for Facial Part Segmentation from 3D Point Cloud Data
Author:Â Kihara, Narumi;Â Kimura-Nomoto, Namiko;Â Okawachi, Takako;Â Li, Guangxu;Â Nakamura, Norifumi
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JournalCommunications in Computer and Information Science
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Volume & IssueVol. 2811 CCIS
Pages137 - 145
Publication Year2026
ISSN18650929
ISBN978-981958314-0
Source TypeScopus
Abstract
Cleft lips are one of the most common birth defects worldwide, and a quantitative method for analyzing facial symmetry is required to enable more effective surgical planning. To realize a detailed analysis of the 3D facial data, facial part segmentation from the 3D point cloud plays an important role, however this area has not been explored yet. In this paper, we introduce a new deep learning-based approach for facial part segmentation from 3D point cloud data. Our main contributions are as follows: (1) we present a new approach for creating a large-scale synthetic dataset of facial 3D point clouds, and (2) we test the performance of a deep learning model using the synthetic dataset and our private dataset. The experimental results demonstrate the great potential of deep learning for understanding 3D point cloud data of the face. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2026.
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