https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/press-releases/last-chance-be-part-largest-database-face-shapes-world/

Last chance to be part of largest database of face shapes in the world

3 Apr 2012, 10:40 a.m.

3D Morphology

Visitors to London’s Science Museum have until 10 April to take part in Me in 3D, an exciting project to create the largest database of face shapes in the world.Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Science Museum, University College Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital and Institute have joined forces to run the project which has already seen 10,000 join the database.

Visitors can volunteer to have their photograph taken with a 3D camera and explore what their faces look like in another dimension.

The photographs will be taken using the latest 3D imaging technology and will be used to form the largest database of 3D facial images in the world and will help with vital research. Researchers will use the photographs to study patterns in face shape and this could help surgeons improve treatment for patients with facial disfigurement.

Priya Umachandran, Contemporary Science Developer at the Science Museum said: “The Science Museum thrives on engaging visitors in the latest contemporary science issues and our Live Science programme lets visitors meet the experts and involves the public directly in cutting-edge research which has an impact upon all of us.”

Me in 3D is FREE and open to all visitors and no booking is required. For more information visit http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/mein3d / http://mein3d.info/

Contact Information

GOSH-ICH Press Office: 020 7239 3125
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Notes to Editors

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is the country’s leading centre for treating sick children, with the widest range of specialists under one roof.
With the UCL Institute of Child Health, we are the largest centre for paediatric research outside the US and play a key role in training children’s health specialists for the future.
Our charity needs to raise £50 million every year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, buy vital equipment and fund pioneering research. With your help we provide world class care to our very ill children and their families.