• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.69-82
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• 2024

The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate and compare the effects of 640 nm LED irradiation and aromatherapy on the skin condition of the neck. Twenty female participants were divided into Group A (640 nm LED irradiation + aromatherapy) and Group B (640 nm LED irradiation only). Total of 8 experiments were conducted on the 2 groups twice a week. As a result of the experiment, moisture content was significantly improved in both group A (p<0.01) and group B (p<0.001), and wrinkle index was significantly improved in both group A (p<0.01) and group B (p<0.05). Additionally, the change in skin density was significantly improved in both group A (p<0.001) and group B (p<0.05), and the change in elasticity was significantly improved in both group A (p<0.001) and group B (p<0.001) as well. However, the change in skin tone was not significant in group A (p>0.05), but the change was drastically improved in group B (p<0.05). Blemishes and pigmentation changes were significantly improved in group A (p<0.05), but was not significant in group B (p>0.05). These results conclude that combining aromatherapy with 640 nm LED irradiation can be highly effective in improving skin condition of the neck.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.603-609
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• 2013

Background Although the conventional direct brow lift operation provides a simple means of managing lateral brow ptosis, the scars produced have been unacceptable. However, using the modifications proposed here, scarring showed remarkable improvement. This article reviews our experiences with the presented technique, mainly with respect to postoperative scarring. Methods Measured amounts of supra-eyebrow skin and subcutaneous fat were excised en bloc in the conventional manner under 'hyper-hydrated' local infiltration anesthesia. The lower flap and the edge of the upper flap were undermined above the muscular plane, and the orbicularis oculi muscle was directly suture-plicated and suspended upward to the distal frontalis muscle. Skin closure was performed in a basic plastic surgical manner. Results From April 2007 to April 2012, a consecutive series of 60 patients underwent surgery using the above method. The average width of the excised skin was 8 mm (range, 5-15 mm) at the apex of the eyebrow. Preoperative complaints were resolved without occurrence of significant complications. The surgical scars showed remarkable improvement and were negligible in the majority of the cases. Conclusions The direct brow lift operation combined with plication/suspension of the superior and lateral portion of the orbicularis oculi muscle provides a simple, safe, and predictable means of correcting lateral brow ptosis. The scars were acceptable to all of the patients. For proper management of the frontalis tone, upper blepharoplasty and/or repair of eyelid levator function must be considered in addition to brow lift procedures.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.8
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• pp.111-118
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• 2008

Nowadays, people get images from various media like TV, magazines, newspaper, internet. Such images directly influence people's thoughts and lives, either consciously or unconsciously. In the past, reproduction devices have been mainly used in reproducing an original scene accurately. Lately, the cognitive preference became a key value in the scene reproduction, and it was affected by the surrounding media. Recently, the most commonly used device in reproducing an original scene is the camera. The core of an image is the light, in other words, the exposure. Most digital cameras are set to adjust exposure automatically in order to reproduce a scene physically as identical as possible. However, physically right exposure does not always give images that people prefers. Numbers of tests were done to find the exposure value that makes an image cognitively more preferred. Skin tones which are highly sensitive to color and changes in density has been used in the tests. A male and a female model have been used to classify changes in cognitive preference due to gender differences.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.71-72
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• 2014

최근 들어 드라마나 영화 속 인물 들의 얼굴을 다른 얼굴로 교체하고자 하는 시도들이 주목을 받고 있고, 사용자들의 관심 또한 증가하고 있다. 이러한 연구는 오래 전부터 많이 연구되어 왔으나, 조명 변화에 강인한 피부 톤 변환 문제는 여전히 주요 이슈로 자리하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 히스토그램 명세화 기법을 응용하여 피부 톤을 자연스럽게 변환 시켜줄 수 있는 기법을 제안한다. 두 얼굴 영상의 R, G, B 채널에 대한 히스토그램을 각각 생성하고 이들을 누적분포함수로 각각 변환한다. 변환된 누적분포함수들을 이용하여 두 얼굴 영상의 히스토그램을 근사 시킬 수 있는 변환 표를 생성하고 이를 이용하여 얼굴 영상의 피부 톤을 변환시킨다. 조명 변화로 인해 발생하는 전반사 영역은 선형 보간 법을 사용하여 제거한다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 방법이 조명 변화에 적응적으로 대처하면서 자연스럽게 피부 톤을 변환 시켜줄 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 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.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.594-600
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a detection method for facial features in color images with various backgrounds and face poses. To begin with, the proposed method extracts face candidacy region from images with various backgrounds, which have skin-tone color and complex objects, via the color and edge information of face. And then, by using the elliptical shape property of face, we correct a rotation, scale, and tilt of face region caused by various poses of head. Finally, we verify the face using features of face and detect facial features. In our experimental results, it is shown that accuracy of detection is high and the proposed method can be used in pose-invariant face recognition system effectively

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.25 no.6B
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• pp.1012-1020
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• 2000

In this paper, This paper presents a new algorithm which is used for detecting and extracting human masks from a color still image. The regions where each pixel has a value of skin-color were extracted from the Cb and Cr images, after the tone of the color image is converted to YCbCr from. A morphological filter is used to eliminate noise in the resulting image. By scanning it in horizontal and vertical ways under ways under threshold value, first candidate section is chosen. If it is not a face, secondary candidate section is taken and is divided into two candidate sections. The proposed algorithm is not affected by the variation of illuminations, because it uses only Cb and Cr components in YCbCr color format. Moreover, the face recognition was possible regardless of the degree of shifting face, changed shape, various sizes of the face, and the quality of image.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.236-246
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• 2010

Background & Objective : Microneedle therapy system(MTS) is popular these days. However, there are few reports about it in oriental medicine academia. This study is performed to evaluate the effect of MTS on acne patients. Methods : This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of MTS. Seven patients were treated for 7 weeks. Follow-up was performed after the treatment with Janus facial analysis system, skindex-29 and Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging machine. Satisfaction degree and inconvenience were asked from the patients. Results and Conclusions : Microneedle therapy system(MTS) was good for acne like pore, wrinkle, spot(polarised), sebum, porphyrin and skin tone. Especially it had excellent effects on sebum and porphyrin.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06c
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• pp.565-568
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• 2008

본 논문은 RGB 24bit 컬러 영상으로 전달되는 카메라 원영상에 대해 사람의 얼굴을 안정적으로 감지할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제시한다. RGB 입력영상을 HSI 기반의 컬러모델로 변환하여 피부 색상을 추출하고 그리드 영상을 기반으로 CCL (Connected-Component Labeling) 알고리즘을 적용하여 피부 블럽을 검출한 뒤, 아다부스트 알고리즘을 이용하여 얼굴 영역과 얼굴이 아닌 다른 피부 영역을 구분한다. 제안방법은 일반적으로 얼굴 감지를 위하여 폭넓게 사용되고 있는 아다부스트 알고리즘만을 적용하였을 때보다 얼굴감지 오류를 줄일 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.50-57
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• 2003

This paper presents the experimental results to verify the atomization characteristics and environmental impact of cutting fluid. Even though cutting fluid improves the productivity through the cooling, Lubricating effects, environmental impact due to cutting fluid usage is also increased on factory shop floor Cutting fluid's aerosol via atomization process can be affected human health risk such as lung cancer and skin diseases. Experimental results show that the generated fine aerosol which particle size less than 10 micron appears near working tone under typical operational conditions. The aerosol concentration also exceeds NIOSH regulations. This research can be provided a basis of environmental impact analysis fur environmental consciousness.