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A STUDY ON THE FACIAL MORPHOLOGY AND GROWTH CHANGES IN UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE PATIENTS ACCORDING TO THE AGES (연령에 따른 편측성 순구개열자의 안모형태 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Mi;Park, Soo-Byung;Rhee, Byung-Tae
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.22 no.3 s.38
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    • pp.657-673
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    • 1992
  • Orthodontic treatment of cleft patients is difficult as the growth is different from that of normal ones. So it is very important to know the characteristic features of the craniofacial morphology and growth pattern in unilateral cleft lip and palate patients. The materials for this study consisted of 55 normal males and 50 unilateral cleft lip and palate ones who received cheiloplasty and palatoplasty previously. The cleft subjects were divided into 4 groups according to their ages kto find out the growth pattern of hard and soft tissue, and to compare the features with those of normal ones. Each cephalogram analysed by McNamara method and others. The obtained results were as follows 1. In the unilateral cleft lip and palate subjects, forward growth of the maxilla was smaller than that of normal ones from 9 years old. So the maxilla was retruded. The maxillary incisors were severely retruded in all age groups. 2. The mandibular overall length and its anteroposterior position did not show any significant differences between two groups. But the height of ramus was very short and the mandible had vertical growth tendency to compensate for undergrowth of the maxilla in cleft subjects after 12 years of age. 3. Horizontal growth of the soft tissue in middle face was smaller than that of any other facial region from 9 years old. The vertical growth rate of upper lip was decreased as growing old. 4. In cleft subjects, the upper and lower facial component angle and the facial convexity angle were large. So their facial profile changed to straight or concave as growing old.

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The branching patterns and termination points of the facial artery: a cadaveric anatomical study

  • Vu Hoang Nguyen;Lin Cheng-Kuan;Tuan Anh Nguyen;Trang Huu Ngoc Thao Cai
    • Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2024
  • Background: The facial artery is an important blood vessel responsible for supplying the anterior face. Understanding the branching patterns of the facial artery plays a crucial role in various medical specialties such as plastic surgery, dermatology, and oncology. This knowledge contributes to improving the success rate of facial reconstruction and aesthetic procedures. However, debate continues regarding the classification of facial artery branching patterns in the existing literature. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive anatomical study, in which we dissected 102 facial arteries from 52 embalmed and formaldehyde-fixed Vietnamese cadavers at the Anatomy Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Results: Our investigation revealed eight distinct termination points and identified 35 combinations of branching patterns, including seven arterial branching patterns. These termination points included the inferior labial artery, superior labial artery, inferior alar artery, lateral nasal artery, angular artery typical, angular artery running along the lower border of the orbicularis oculi muscle, forehead branch, duplex, and short course (hypoplastic). Notably, the branching patterns of the facial artery displayed marked asymmetry between the left and right sides within the same cadaver. Conclusion: The considerable variation observed in the branching pattern and termination points of the facial artery makes it challenging to establish a definitive classification system for this vessel. Therefore, it is imperative to develop an anatomical map summarizing the major measurements and geometric features of the facial artery. Surgeons and medical professionals involved in facial surgery and procedures must consider the detailed anatomy and relative positioning of the facial artery to minimize the risk of unexpected complications.

The effect of stellate ganglion block on the atypical facial pain

  • Jeon, Younghoon;Kim, Donggyeong
    • Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.35-37
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    • 2015
  • Atypical facial pain (AFP) is a type of facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. It has several features such as no objective signs, no obvious explanation of the cause and poor response to treatments. We report a case of a female patient with AFP on the left maxillary area. The pain was increased by cold innocuous stimulation and thermography showed that the temperature on the painful area was significantly decreased. The pain was successfully alleviated by stellate ganglion block (SGB). Therefore, SGB can be effectively used to treat AFP.

Facial Regions Detection Using the Color and Shape Information in Color Still Images (컬러 정지 영상에서 색상과 모양 정보를 이용한 얼굴 영역 검출)

  • 김영길;한재혁;안재형
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, we propose a face detection algorithm using the color and shape information in color still images. The proposed algorithm is only applied to chrominance components(Cb and Cr) in order to reduce the variations of lighting condition in YCbCr color space. Input image is segmented by pixels with skin-tone color and then the segmented mage follows the morphological filtering an geometric correction to eliminate noise and simplify the segmented regions in facial candidate regions. Multiple facial regions in input images can be isolated by connected component labeling. Moreover tilting facial regions can be detected by extraction of second moment-based ellipse features.

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Facial Feature Extraction by using a Genetic Algorithm (유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 얼굴의 특징점 추출)

  • Kim, Sang-Kyoon;Oh, Seung-Ha;Lee, Myoung-Eun;Park, Soon-Young
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 1999.06a
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    • pp.1053-1056
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    • 1999
  • In this paper we propose a facial feature extraction method by using a genetic algorithm. The method uses a facial feature template to model the location of eyes and a mouth, and genetic algorithm is employed to find the optimal solution from the fitness function consisting of invariant moments. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively extract facial features from face images with variations in position, size, rotation and expression.

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A Study on Vector-based Automatic Caricature Generation (벡터기반의 캐리커처 자동생성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Yeon-Chool;Oh, Hae-Seok
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.10B no.6
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    • pp.647-656
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    • 2003
  • This paper proposes the system to generate caricature (character's face) resembling human face using extracted facial features automatically. Since this system is vector-based, the generated character's face has no size limit and constraint. So it is available to transform the shape freely and to apply various facial expressions to 2D face. Moreover, owing to the vector file's advantage, it can be used in mobile environment as small file site.

Facial Expression Classification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network

  • Choi, In-kyu;Ahn, Ha-eun;Yoo, Jisang
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.485-492
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we propose facial expression recognition using CNN (Convolutional Neural Network), one of the deep learning technologies. The proposed structure has general classification performance for any environment or subject. For this purpose, we collect a variety of databases and organize the database into six expression classes such as 'expressionless', 'happy', 'sad', 'angry', 'surprised' and 'disgusted'. Pre-processing and data augmentation techniques are applied to improve training efficiency and classification performance. In the existing CNN structure, the optimal structure that best expresses the features of six facial expressions is found by adjusting the number of feature maps of the convolutional layer and the number of nodes of fully-connected layer. The experimental results show good classification performance compared to the state-of-the-arts in experiments of the cross validation and the cross database. Also, compared to other conventional models, it is confirmed that the proposed structure is superior in classification performance with less execution time.

Treatment including orthognathic surgery of a patient with Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with cleft palate: A Clinical report (구개열을동반한저한성외배엽형성이상환자의 악교정수술을포함한치료: A Clinical report)

  • Kim, Jwa-Young;Park, In-Young;Song, Yun-Jung
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.57 no.2
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2019
  • Ectodermal dysplasia is a genetic disorder in which various clinical manifestations involve two or more of the differentiated tissues of the ectoderm. Facial deformity, which is frequently associated with ectodermal dysplasia, appears in the form of cleft lip or cleft palate, especially in the middle facial area.Cleft and tooth defects result in decreased alveolar bone development.This leads to severe skeletal incongruity. Facial features include frontal protrusion, malar bone hypoplasia, flat nose, mandibular prominence and long lower facial height. This clinical report presents treatment including orthognathic surgery of a patient with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal dysplasia with cleft palate.

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Moebius syndrome - About Pathogenesis, Clinical manifestations, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Moebius - (뫼비우스 증후군 - 발병기전, 임상양상, 진단 및 치료 - )

  • Seung Ho Yu
    • Journal of Convergence Korean Medicine
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.5-15
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: To review the concept of Moebius syndrome. Methods: Literature search was done to study definition, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical feature, and treatment of Moebius syndrome. Pubmed, RISS, Google scholarship and uptodate scholastic were used in the research. Search words were 'Moebius syndrome', 'treatment of Moebius syndrome'. Only English and Korean studies were assessed. Results: Moebius syndrome is rare disease characterized by nonprogressive congenital uni- or bi-lateral facial (VII cranial nerve) and abducens (VI cranial nerve) palsy. This facial palsy is found across the world, and its incidence is approximately 1 per 250,000. Moebius is diagnosed by clinical features. Facial palsy, eye abduction problem, limb deformities, global cerebral nerve impairment can be shown. Rehabilitation, smile surgery, and acupuncture can be used to treat this. Conclusion: Moebius syndrome's epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment is still not fully revealed. It is known to be a congenital disease which didn't have exact treatment except surgery. But, it needs further study about exact treatment, diagnosis, and pathogenesis.