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MeSH Heading: Facial Recognition
Tree Number(s): F02.463.593.524.250.500; F02.463.593.524.500.500; F02.463.593.932.622.500
Unique ID: D000066499
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000066499
Annotation: human and animal; AUTOMATED FACIAL RECOGNITION is also available
Scope Note: Ability to identify an individual from their facial features.
Entry Term(s): Face Emotion Perception; Face Emotion Processing; Face Emotion Recognition; Face Perception; Face Processing; Face Recognition; Facial Emotion Recognition; Facial Expression Recognition; Facial Identity Recognition
Previous Indexing: Pattern Recognition, Visual (1977-2015)
See Also: Biometric Identification; Prosopagnosia
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M000595535
Scope Note: Ability to identify an individual from their facial features.
Terms: Facial Recognition Preferred Term
Term UI T000877950
Date04/08/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Facial Identity Recognition
Term UI T001081443
Date05/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Face Processing
Term UI T001004538
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Face Perception
Term UI T000861979
Date07/11/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Face Recognition
Term UI T001004556
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Concept UI: M000678497
Scope Note: Ability to interpret a person's feelings and emotions based on their facial expressions.
Terms: Facial Emotion Recognition Preferred Term
Term UI T001004557
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Face Emotion Recognition
Term UI T001004558
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Face Emotion Processing
Term UI T001004559
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Facial Expression Recognition
Term UI T001004560
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Face Emotion Perception
Term UI T001004561
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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