Longitudinal Face Database/MORPH

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Information

Face databases have typically been developed for researchers interested in face-based biometrics: face recognition, face modeling, photorealistic animation, etc. Numerous existing face databases tend to focus on one particular niche or a combination of niches, such as pose, lighting, high or low resolution, sex, ancestry features, and three-dimensional and multispectral approaches to studying faces. Yet only three databases are known to contain multiple images of individuals at different ages and be publicly available.

The recently developed and continually expanding (2003 to present) MORPH data corpus comprises facial images of numerous individuals and includes essential metadata, such as age, sex, ancestry, height, and weight, organized into two “albums.” Album 1 contains digital scans of photographs of individuals taken between October 26, 1962 and April 7, 1998 which we refer to as acquisition dates. The acquisition dates correspond to increasing ages for individuals in the database; these dates range anywhere from 46 days to 29 years after the earliest photograph.

MORPH Album 2 contains more than 20,000 digital images obtained from more than 4000 individuals whose metadata (age, sex, ancestry, height, and weight) are also recorded.

The MORPH data corpus embraces thousands of facial images of individuals across time. Moreover, these images are available to the public for continued research, and we encourage studies of forensic science relevance and utility.

To gain access to the database, use the following online registration form.

Alternatively, use the following form to gain access to the database: MORPH Release Form. Email (ricanekk@uncw.edu) or Fax (+1 910 962 7457) the completed form to Karl Ricanekk in the Computer Science Department at UNC Wilmington.

Any work that uses or incorporates the database must acknowledge the authors by including the following reference:

Karl Ricanek Jr and Tamirat Tesafaye, "MORPH: A Longitudinal Image Database of Normal Adult Age-Progression," IEEE 7th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Southampton, UK, April 2006, pp 341-345.

MORPH Database Request Form

Complete the following form to request access to the MORPH database. All fields must be completed or your registration will be denied.

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Karl Ricanek Jr and Tamirat Tesafaye, "MORPH: A Longitudinal Image Database of Normal Adult Age-Progression," IEEE 7th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Southampton, UK, April 2006, pp 341-345.
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University of North Carolina Wilmington MORPH Database License MUST be completed and accepted before distribution of the databases.
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Citing the Database


Please include the following citation when referencing MORPH:

Karl Ricanek Jr and Tamirat Tesafaye, "MORPH: A Longitudinal Image Database of Normal Adult Age-Progression," IEEE 7th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Southampton, UK, April 2006, pp 341-345.