InhaltsangabeFrom the contents Part I: Biometrics. 3D Assisted Face recognition: A survey. A survey on 3D Modeling of Human Faces and Face Recognition.- Automatic 3D Face Registration without Initialization. A Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for 3D Face Recognition.- Story of Cinderella: Biometrics and Isometry-invariant Distances. Human Ear Detection from 3D Side Face Range Images.- Part II: Safety and Security Applications. Synthetic Aperture Focusing Using Dense Camera Arrays. Dynamic Pushbroom Stereo Vision for Surveillance and Inspection. 3D Modeling of Indoor Environments for a Robotic Security Guard. 3D Site Modeling and Verification-Usage of 3D Laser Techniques for Verification of Plant Design for Nuclear Security Applications. Under Vehicle Inspection with 3D Imaging - Safety and Security for Check Point and Gate-Entry Inspections.- Index.