Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Automated Facial Recognition

Electronic identification of a human based on attributes of the face.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Electronic identification of a human based on attributes of the face.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Automated Facial Identity Recognition
  • Facial Recognition, Automated
  • Recognition, Automated Facial
  • Facial Approximation
  • Facial Recognition Technology
  • Approximation, Facial
  • Approximations, Facial
  • Facial Approximations
  • Facial Recognition Technologies
  • Recognition Technologies, Facial
  • Recognition Technology, Facial
  • Technologies, Facial Recognition
  • Technology, Facial Recognition

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

FACIAL RECOGNITION is also available

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History Note

2021; use BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION 2009-2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Biometric Identification (2016-2020)
  • Facial Recognition (2011-2020)

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  1. E05.318w.740w.225.500.250w
  2. N04w.452.910.099.250w

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NLM Classification

W 786

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Automated Facial Recognition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000086762. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000086762
  2. Automated Facial Recognition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_recognition_system
  3. Automated Facial Recognition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192553