• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the facial dimensions of young adult women with a preferred facial appearance and compare the results with those from the general population. Methods: Twenty-five linear, nine angular, and three area measurements were made and four ratios were calculated using a sample of standardized frontal and lateral photographs of 46 young adult women with a preferred facial appearance (Miss Korea group) and 44 young adult women from the general population (control group). Differences between the two groups were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results: Compared with the control group, the Miss Korea group exhibited a significantly greater facial height, total facial height (TFH; trichion-menton), facial width (tragus right-tragus left), facial depth (tragus-true vertical line), and trichion-nasion/TFH ratio and smaller subnasale-menton/TFH and facial width/TFH ratios. Furthermore, the control group had smaller intercanthal and interpupillary widths. Conclusions: The Miss Korea group exhibited longer, wider, and deeper faces compared with those from the general population. Furthermore, the Miss Korea group had larger eyes, longer but less protruded noses, longer and more retruded lower lips and chins, larger lip vermilion areas, and smaller labiomental angles. These results suggest that the latest trends in facial esthetics should be considered during diagnosis and treatment planning for young women with dentofacial abnormalities.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.784-794
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• 2010

Automatic facial expression recognition has many potential applications in different areas of human computer interaction. However, they are not yet fully realized due to the lack of an effective facial feature descriptor. In this paper, we present a new appearance-based feature descriptor, the local directional pattern (LDP), to represent facial geometry and analyze its performance in expression recognition. An LDP feature is obtained by computing the edge response values in 8 directions at each pixel and encoding them into an 8 bit binary number using the relative strength of these edge responses. The LDP descriptor, a distribution of LDP codes within an image or image patch, is used to describe each expression image. The effectiveness of dimensionality reduction techniques, such as principal component analysis and AdaBoost, is also analyzed in terms of computational cost saving and classification accuracy. Two well-known machine learning methods, template matching and support vector machine, are used for classification using the Cohn-Kanade and Japanese female facial expression databases. Better classification accuracy shows the superiority of LDP descriptor against other appearance-based feature descriptors.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.102-119
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• 2021

Objectives: Facial diagnosis is an important part of clinical diagnosis in traditional East Asian Medicine. In this paper, using a fully automated facial shape analysis system, we show that facial morphological features are associated with cold pattern. Methods: The facial morphological features calculated from 68 facial landmarks included the angles, areas, and distances between the landmark points of each part of the face. Cold pattern severity was determined using a questionnaire and the cold pattern scores (CPS) were used for analysis. The association between facial features and CPS was calculated using Pearson's correlation coefficient and partial correlation coefficients. Results: The upper chin width and the lower chin width were negatively associated with CPS. The distance from the center point to the middle jaw and the distance from the center point to the lower jaw were negatively associated with CPS. The angle of the face outline near the ear and the angle of the chin line were positively associated with CPS. The area of the upper part of the face and the area of the face except the sensory organs were negatively associated with CPS. The number of facial morphological features that exhibited a statistically significant correlation with CPS was 37 (unadjusted). Conclusions: In this study of a Korean population, subjects with a high CPS had a more pointed chin, longer face, more angular jaw, higher eyes, and more upward corners of the mouth, and their facial sensory organs were relatively widespread.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.135-147
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• 1994

Facial esthetics is one of the most important goal of the orthodontic treatment and main concern of many patients. Facial esthetics should be considered in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Prediction of soft tissue profile changes after orthodontic tooth movement should be considered as well. The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of orthodontic treatment on lip profile in adult patient. The pre and post treatment cephalometric roentgenograms of 87 female adult with bimaxillary protrusion were used to analyze lip profile change. All subjects were treated with four bicuspids extraction. Obtained results were as follows . 1. Lip thickness changes after incisor retraction showed different patterns according to areas of the lip. The thickness of the red lip area showed 2.78 mm increase in average. In contrast the thickness of the cutaneous area showed 0.65 - 0.7 mm decrease according to the different cutaneous areas. 2. The length of the red lip area decreased(1.3mm) after incisor retraction. 3. The length of the cutaneous lip area increased(2.9mm) after incisor retraction.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제3권6호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 색상 정보와 변형 모델을 이용한 얼굴 영역 및 얼굴의 특징 영역의 자동 검출 방법을 제시한다. 영상으로부터 획득할 수 있는 정보 중 가장 빠르고 쉽게 얻을 수 있는 정보가 색상 정보이며, 색상정보는 사물을 판단함에 있어서 가장 효율적이면서 컴퓨터의 계산량을 줄일 수 있다는 장점을 갖고 있기 때문에 얼굴 영역 검출 방법으로 많이 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 얼굴영역 및 얼굴 특성 추출함에 있어 컬러모델 사용 시 외부 조명의 영향을 줄여주는 조명 보정 방법을 제시하고, 조명 보정에 의해 평활화 된 YCbCr 색상모델에 적용하여 각 성분 특성을 고려한 얼굴영역 및 얼굴의 특성 영역에 해당하는 후보 영역을 검출하는 방법을 제시한다. 검출된 얼굴후보 영역 및 특성 영역은 가변 모델인 동적 윤곽선 모델의 초기 값으로 자동 적용되어 윤곽선 모델 적용 시 문제점가운데 하나인 초기 값 설정문제를 해결함과 동시에 얼굴 및 얼굴 특징 정보의 정확한 윤곽선을 추출하는데 사용된다. 실험 결과 제시된 방법을 적용한 결과 빠르고 효과적으로 얼굴 및 특성 영역을 검출 할 수 있음을 입증 할 수 있었다. 이상에서 추출된 얼굴의 특성정보는 차후 얼굴 인식 및 얼굴 특성을 설명하는 얼굴 특성 서술자로 사용될 수 있다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

PURPOSE. Accuracy of image matching between resting and smiling facial models is affected by the stability of the reference surfaces. This study aimed to investigate the morphometric variations in subdivided facial units during resting, posed and spontaneous smiling. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The posed and spontaneous smiling faces of 33 adults were digitized and registered to the resting faces. The morphological changes of subdivided facial units at the forehead (upper and lower central, upper and lower lateral, and temple), nasal (dorsum, tip, lateral wall, and alar lobules), and chin (central and lateral) regions were assessed by measuring the 3D mesh deviations between the smiling and resting facial models. The one-way analysis of variance, Duncan post hoc tests, and Student's t-test were used to determine the differences among the groups (α = .05). RESULTS. The smallest morphometric changes were observed at the upper and central forehead and nasal dorsum; meanwhile, the largest deviation was found at the nasal alar lobules in both the posed and spontaneous smiles (P < .001). The spontaneous smile generally resulted in larger facial unit changes than the posed smile, and significant difference was observed at the alar lobules, central chin, and lateral chin units (P < .001). CONCLUSION. The upper and central forehead and nasal dorsum are reliable areas for image matching between resting and smiling 3D facial images. The central chin area can be considered an additional reference area for posed smiles; however, special cautions should be taken when selecting this area as references for spontaneous smiles.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2012

Purpose: The golden ratio has been used for a long time to objectify and quantify 'beauty'. Dr. Marqurardt claims that the golden ratio can be applied in the maxillofacial field as well. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic significance of using a facial 'phi' mask for analyzing Korean faces with characteristics of Class I, II, and III malocclusion. Methods: We studied twenty five Korean celebrities' frontal facial photos (10 males, 15 females) and 90 malocclusion patients' frontal facial photos (30 patients in each malocclusion classification: Class I, Class II, and Class III). Patients who received orthodontic treatment at Samsung Medical Center were selected for this study. After superimposition of the selected facial photo and facial 'phi' mask using Adobe Photoshop CS3, the ratio of the entire facial area, mid facial area, lower facial area and horizontal and vertical lengths were measured. Results: The facial ratio in photos of Korean faces showed larger vertical and horizontal ratios than the facial 'phi' mask with golden ratio, regardless of skeletal malocclusion (entire face: 115%, lower face: 125% larger than the mask). The results of the frontal photos of Class I, II, and III malocclusion patients using facial 'phi' mask showed that the vertical length and frontal face area was more significantly influenced by the area of the lower face than the midface. This means that the lower face has larger proportions in the facial areas. Conclusion: The ratio of facial 'phi' mask is matched with the ideal facial appearance that the contemporary Korean general public is seeking. Thus, the facial 'phi' mask may be a convenient tool for esthetic analysis of Korean faces. Reducing the area of the lower face is esthetically more desirable for almost all Korean people when planning orthognathic surgery.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.2150-2159
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• 2014

본 연구는 서울 경기지역의 치과에 내원한 389명의 환자를 대상으로 교정치료 및 안면성형 수술에 대한 실태를 조사하고자 하였다. 자료수집 후 spss 통계프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 교정치료경험이 있는 환자의 치열만족도가 높게 나타났고(p<0.01), 여자가 남자보다 301-400만원이 적당한 교정치료 비용이라고 높게 인식하고 있었으며(p<0.05) 교정치료 경험이 있는 환자가 19-24개월 이하를 적절한 교정치료 기간으로 인식하고 있었다(p<0.01). 또한 여자가 남자보다 교정치료 검진 필요성(p<0.001), 안면성형수술 경험(p<0.01)이 높게 나타났다. 안면성형수술 희망부위에서는 여자가 눈 수술이(p<0.01), 교정치료 경험이 있는 환자에서는 코 수술이 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 한편, 여자가 안면 부위 중 눈을 가장 중요하게 인식하고 있었으며(p<0.001), 안면성형 부위 중 양악을 치과에서 해야 한다고 높게 인식하고 있었다(p<0.01). 결론적으로 임상에서 교정치료 및 안면성형을 희망하는 환자 상담 시 성별 및 개인의 요구를 파악하여 진료에 반영하고 특히 안면성형 중 양악수술은 구강의 기능을 고려해야 하므로 치과의료진의 참여가 필수적이라 사료된다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2002

A 78-year-old woman was referred to Chonbuk National University Dental Hospital complaining of facial palsy and palpable mass on the right parotid gland area. Clinical examination showed non-specific findings of the intraoral region, but showed asymmetrical facial appearance. Panoramic view showed a large amorphous calcified mass on the posterior to the mandibular ramus and thin cortical plate of the posterior ramus. Sialogram showed constriction of the main duct and no further filling of striated, intercalated ducts and parenchymal areas. CT scans demonstrated an irregular, infiltrating mass with slight enhancement in the right parotid gland. The mass showed necrotic areas and calcifications. Bone scan showed marked accumulation of /sup 99m/Tc-MDP on the right posterior maxilla. Microscopic findings demonstrated the minimal morphologic alterations and rare mitotic figures within tumor cells, and diagnosed as adenocarcinoma (NOS, Grade II). This report could be aid in the diagnosis of calcified lesions of the salivary gland.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.714-720
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• 2004

얼굴검출 작업에서 다양한 형태를 가지는 후보영역을 정사하기 위한 기하학적 연산과정이 수반된다. 본 논문에서는 컬러영상에서 색도 분포 특성을 이용함으로써 얼굴가림과 방향에 영향을 받지 않고 얼굴 유효특징점을 검출할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘은 얼굴의 특징점 주변에서 Cb와 Cr이 일관적인 색도차를 가진다는 점에 착안한 것으로써, 기본 색도차 영상인 Eye맵 마스크에서 특징점을 효과적으로 강조시킬 수 있는 평균-그레이 모폴로지 연산을 수행한다. 실험을 통해, 제안한 방법이 가변적 형태의 후보영역에 대해서도 강인하게 얼굴의 유효특징점을 검출할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.