Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare viral infection of the facial nerve causing otalgia, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, and paresis.

Computers are used more and more in medical applications. Well{known examples are the analysis of radiographs or MR images 12, 9]. A special eld is the analysis of human faces and facial features. Already realized applications exist e.g. for face recognition 1, 2] or face analysis 13, 6]. With the presented system we consider the problem of diagnosis support of patients with facial paresis. App...