Down syndrome detection based on facial features using a geometric descriptor.

J Med Imaging (Bellingham)

University of São Paulo, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, São Paulo, Brazil.

Published: October 2017

Down syndrome is one of the most common genetic disorders caused by chromosome abnormalities in humans. Among other physical characteristics, certain facial features are typically associated in people with Down syndrome. We investigate the problem of Down syndrome detection from a collection of face images. As the main contribution, a compact geometric descriptor is used to extract facial features from the images. Experiments are conducted on an available dataset to demonstrate the performance of the proposed methodology.

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