• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.558-568
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• 2021

The digital image to be accepted as legal evidence, it is important to verify the authentication of the digital image. This study proposes a method of authenticating digital images through three steps of comparing the file structure of digital images taken with iPhone, analyzing the encoding information as well as media logs of the iPhone storing the digital images. For the experiment, digital image samples were acquired from nine iPhones through a camera application built into the iPhone. And the characteristics of file structure and media log were compared between digital images generated on the iPhone and digital images edited through a variety of image editing tools. As a result of examining those registered during the digital image creation process, it was confirmed that differences from the original characteristics occurred in file structure and media logs when manipulating digital images on the iPhone, and digital images take with the iPhone. In this way, it shows that it can prove its forensic authentication in iPhone.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.626-643
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• 2023

As mobile forensics has emerged as an essential technique, the demand for technology development, education and training is increasing, wherein images are used. Academic societies in South Korea and national institutions in the US and the UK are leading the Mobile Forensic Image development. However, compared with disks, images developed in a mobile environment are few cases and have less active research, causing a waste of time, money, and manpower. Mobile Forensic Images are also difficult to trust owing to insufficient verification processes. Additionally, in South Korea, there are legal issues involving the Telecommunications Business Act and the Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information. Therefore, in this study, we requested a review of a standard model for the development of Mobile Forensic Image from experts and designed an 11-step development model. The steps of the model are as follows: a. setting of design directions, b. scenario design, c. selection of analysis techniques, d. review of legal issues, e. creation of virtual information, f. configuring system settings, g. performing imaging as per scenarios, h. Developing a checklist, i. internal verification, j. external verification, and k. confirmation of validity. Finally, we identified the differences between the mobile and disk environments and discussed the institutional efforts of South Korea. This study will also provide a guideline for the development of professional quality verification and proficiency tests as well as technology and talent-nurturing tools. We propose a method that can be used as a guide to secure pan-national trust in forensic examiners and tools. We expect this study to strengthen the mobile forensics capabilities of forensic examiners and researchers. This research will be used for the verification and evaluation of individuals and institutions, contributing to national security, eventually.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2016

디지털 포렌식 영상은 여러 가지 영상타입으로 위 변조되어 유통되는 심각한 문제가 대두되어 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여, 본 논문에서는 포렌식 영상의 분류 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 여러 가지 영상타입의 그레이 레벨 co-occurrence 행렬의 특성 중에서 콘트라스트와 에너지 그리고 영상의 엔트로피로 21-dim.의 특징벡터를 추출하고, 결정나무 플랜에서 분류학습을 위하여 PPCA를 이용하여 2-dim.으로 차원을 축소한다. 포렌식 영상의 분류 테스트는 영상 타입들의 전수조합에서 수행되었다. 실험을 통하여, TP (True Positive)와 FN (False Negative)을 검출하고, 제안된 알고리즘의 성능평가에서 민감도 (Sensitivity)와 1-특이도 (1-Specificity)의 AUROC (Area Under Receiver Operating Characteristic) 커브 면적은 0.9980으로 'Excellent(A)' 등급임을 확인하였다. 산출된 최소평균 판정에러 0.0179에서 분류할 포렌식 영상타입이 모두 포함되어 분류 효율성이 높다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2013

In this paper, the finite element analysis using ADINA has performed to investigate an accident that a man's head was damaged by the falling object. The simulation condition has defined by the point of forensic medicine view and the CCTV image analysis. From the CCTV image analysis, we expected that the sphere diameter of object is 15cm and object color is white. Assuming the falling mass is the ice mass, the results of the ADINA simulation show that a man's head can be broken by the falling ice mass.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.671-685
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• 2023

인공지능이 이미지 편집 기술에 적용되어 조작 흔적이 거의 없는 고품질 이미지를 생성할 수 있게 되었다. 그러나 이러한 기술들은 거짓 정보 유포, 증거 인멸, 사실 부인 등의 범죄 행위에 악용될 수 있기 때문에 이에 대응하기 위한 방안이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 이미지 조작을 탐지하기 위해 이미지 파일 분석과 모바일 포렌식 아티팩트 분석을 수행한다. 이미지 파일 분석은 조작된 이미지의 메타데이터를 파싱하여 Reference DB와 비교분석을 통해 조작여부를 탐지하는 방법이다. Reference DB는 이미지의 메타데이터에 남는 조작 관련 아티팩트를 수집하는 데이터베이스로서, 이미지 조작을 탐지하는 기준이 된다. 모바일 포렌식 아티팩트 분석은 이미지 편집 도구와관련된 패키지를 추출하고 분석하여 이미지 조작을 탐지하도록 한다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 방법론은 기존의 그래픽적 특징기반 분석의 한계를 보완하고, 이미지 처리 기법과 조합하여 오탐을 줄일 수 있도록 한다. 연구 결과는 이러한 방법론이 디지털 포렌식 조사 및 분석에 유의미하게 활용될 수 있음을 보여준다. 또한, 조작된 이미지 데이터셋과 함께 이미지 메타데이터 파싱 코드와 Reference DB를 제공하여 관련 연구에 기여하고자 한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.3751-3770
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• 2015

Many sorts of image processing software facilitate image editing and also generate a great number of doctored images. Forensic technology emerges to detect the unintentional or malicious image operations. Most of forensic methods focus on the detection of single operations. However, a series of operations may be used to sequentially manipulate an image, which makes the operation detection problem complex. Forensic investigators always want to know as much exhaustive information about a suspicious image's entire processing history as possible. The detection of the operation chain, consisting of a series of operations, is a significant and challenging problem in the research field of forensics. In this paper, based on the histogram distribution uniformity of a manipulated image, we propose an operation chain detection scheme to identify histogram equalization (HE) followed by the dither-like operation (DLO). Two histogram features and a local spatial feature are utilized to further determine which DLO may have been applied. Both theoretical analysis and experimental results verify the effectiveness of our proposed scheme for both global and local scenarios.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2021

Purpose: The dental age estimation of children is performed using dental maturity. Postmortem missing of the anterior teeth or the distortion of image of the anterior teeth in panoramic radiographs can make it difficult to analyze the development of the anterior teeth. This pilot study was conducted to derive a new age estimation method based only on the developmental stage of mandibular posterior teeth. Methods: This study was conducted using panoramic radiographs of 650 subjects aged 3 to 15 years old. The dental developmental stages of the lower left first premolar, second premolar, first molar and second molar were evaluated according to the Demirjian's criteria. The intra-/inter-observer reliability was evaluated, and multiple linear regression analyses were performed including the developmental stage of each tooth as an independent variable. Results: The intra-/inter-observer reliability was 0.9626 and 0.8877, respectively, and showed very high reproducibility. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed for males and females, and the age calculation table was derived by obtaining the intercept and the coefficient according to the development stage of each tooth. The coefficient of determination (r²) of the age calculation method was 0.9634 for male and 0.9570 for female subjects, and the mean difference between chronological age and estimated dental age was -0.42 and -0.21, respectively. Conclusions: This pilot study evaluated the developmental stages of four lower posterior teeth in the Korean group according to Demirjian's criteria, and derived age estimation method. The accuracy was lower than when more teeth were used, but it will be useful to estimate age of children when the anterior teeth are difficult to accurately analyze.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.124-129
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• 2021

As the 4th industrial era is in full swing, the public's interest in related technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and block chain is increasing. As artificial intelligence technology is used in various industrial fields, the need for research methods incorporating artificial intelligence technology in related fields is also increasing. Evidence collection among digital forensic investigation techniques is a very important procedure in the investigation process that needs to prove a specific person's suspicions. However, there may be cases in which evidence is damaged due to intentional damage to evidence or other physical reasons, and there is a limit to the collection of evidence in this situation. Therefore, this paper we intends to propose an artificial intelligence-based evidence collection system that analyzes numerous image files reported by citizens in real time to visually check the location, user information, and shooting time of the image files. When this system is applied, it is expected that the evidence expected data collected in real time can be actually used as evidence, and it is also expected that the risk area analysis will be possible through big data analysis.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.4005-4025
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• 2019

Copy-move forgery (CMF) in digital images is a detrimental tampering of artefacts that requires precise detection and analysis. CMF is performed by copying and pasting a part of an image into other portions of it. Despite several efforts to detect CMF, accurate identification of noise, blur and rotated region-mediated forged image areas is still difficult. A novel algorithm is developed on the basis of quaternion polar complex exponential transform (QPCET) to detect CMF and is conducted involving a few steps. Firstly, the suspicious image is divided into overlapping blocks. Secondly, invariant features for each block are extracted using QPCET. Thirdly, the duplicated image blocks are determined using k-dimensional tree (kd-tree) block matching. Lastly, a new technique is introduced to reduce the flat region-mediated false matches. Experiments are performed on numerous images selected from the CoMoFoD database. MATLAB 2017b is used to employ the proposed method. Metrics such as correct and false detection ratios are utilised to evaluate the performance of the proposed CMF detection method. Experimental results demonstrate the precise and efficient CMF detection capacity of the proposed approach even under image distortion including rotation, scaling, additive noise, blurring, brightness, colour reduction and JPEG compression. Furthermore, our method can solve the false match problem and outperform existing ones in terms of precision and false positive rate. The proposed approach may serve as a basis for accurate digital image forensic investigations.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.315-323
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• 2023

Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) is commonly employed in the field of forensic pathology. PMCT was mainly performed using a whole-body scan with a wide field of view (FOV), which lead to a decrease in spatial resolution due to the increased pixel size. This study aims to evaluate the potential for developing a super-resolution model based on conditional generative adversarial networks (CGAN) to enhance the image quality of CT. 1761 low-resolution images were obtained using a whole-body scan with a wide FOV of the head phantom, and 341 high-resolution images were obtained using the appropriate FOV for the head phantom. Of the 150 paired images in the total dataset, which were divided into training set (96 paired images) and validation set (54 paired images). Data augmentation was perform to improve the effectiveness of training by implementing rotations and flips. To evaluate the performance of the proposed model, we used the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) and Deep Image Structure and Texture Similarity (DISTS). Obtained the PSNR, SSIM, and DISTS values of the entire image and the Medial orbital wall, the zygomatic arch, and the temporal bone, where fractures often occur during head trauma. The proposed method demonstrated improvements in values of PSNR by 13.14%, SSIM by 13.10% and DISTS by 45.45% when compared to low-resolution images. The image quality of the three areas where fractures commonly occur during head trauma has also improved compared to low-resolution images.