• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.1305-1311
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• 2022

With the recent rapid development of mobile terminals and personal computers and the advent of neural network technology, real-time face swapping using images has become possible. In particular, the cycle generative adversarial network made it possible to replace faces using uncorrelated image data. In this paper, we propose an input data processing scheme that can improve the quality of face swapping with less training data and time. The proposed scheme can improve the image quality while preserving facial structure and expression information by combining facial landmarks extracted through a pre-trained neural network with major information that affects the structure and expression of the face. Using the blind/referenceless image spatial quality evaluator (BRISQUE) score, which is one of the AI-based non-reference quality metrics, we quantitatively analyze the performance of the proposed scheme and compare it to the conventional schemes. According to the numerical results, the proposed scheme obtained BRISQUE scores improved by about 4.6% to 14.6%, compared to the conventional schemes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.133-135
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 포즈에 적응적인 가중치 맵 (weight map)에 기반한, 얼굴 교체시스템을 위한 블렌딩 기법을 제안한다. 우선 얼굴교체를 진행하기 위해 목표얼굴이 들어있는 영상으로부터 실시간으로 얼굴의 기하학적 특징점 (land mark)을 검출한다. 다음 검출된 특징점의 분포에 따라 얼굴영역에 대해 삼각화 (triangulation)를 진행한다. 참조영상에 대해서도 같은 과정을 적용하고 대응되는 영역끼리 워핑 (warping) 변환을 시키면 목표 얼굴과 같은 포즈의 참조얼굴을 얻을 수 있다. 그 다음 두 영상의 피부색 톤을 일치시켜주고 안면교체를 진행한다. 하지만 교체된 영역과 목표 얼굴 사이에 부자연스러운 경계가 발생하게 되는데 블렌딩 기법을 통해 이런 경계를 제거한다. 본 논문에서는 사전에 표준얼굴형태모델을 이용하여 정면 얼굴의 가중치 맵을 생성하고, 표준얼굴형태모델과 목표 얼굴사이 변환관계를 이용하여 포즈에 대응되는 가중치지도를 생성하였다. 이렇게 얻어진 가중치 맵은 일관되게 정해진 가중치 맵에 비해 포즈변화에 적응적으로 대처할 수 있어 보다 자연스러운 얼굴교체 효과를 얻을 수 있다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.31-38
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• 2008

Ad-Hoc network is a network architecture which has no backbone network and is deployed temporarily and rapidly in emergency or war without fixed mobile infrastructures. All communications between network entities are carried in ad-hoc networks over the wireless medium. Due to the radio communications being extremely vulnerable to propagation impairments, connectivity between network nodes is not guaranteed. Therefore, many new algorithms have been studied recently. This study proposes the secondary header approach to the cluster based routing protocol (CBRP). The primary header becomes abnormal status so that the primary header can not participate in the communications between network entities, the secondary header immediately replaces the primary header without selecting process of the new primary header. This improves the routing interruption problem that occurs when a header is moving out from a cluster or in the abnormal status. The performances of proposed algorithm ACBRP(Advanced Cluster Based Routing Protocol) are compared with CBRP. The cost of the primary header reelection of ACBRP is simulated. And results are presented in order to show the effectiveness of the algorithm.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.207-216
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• 2009

Trigeminal neuralgia is defined "a sudden, usually unilateral, severe, brief, stabbing, recurrent pain in the distribution of one or more branches of the fifth cranial nerve". The initial treatment of choice for trigeminal neuralgia is medical therapy. In patients with medically intractable pain or intolerable medication side effects, invasive therapeutic approaches are often necessary. Based on the amount of evidence and estimated efficacy, carbamazepine is the drug of choice in the management of trigeminal neuralgia. In case of insufficient or no response to carbamazepine, second-line drugs can be added. In this study, the author tried to review and analyzed the cases of 90 patients whom had visited for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia at the Department of Oral Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital from 2003 to 2008. The results were as follows: 1. Trigeminal neuralgia was significantly more common with advancing age, and nearly twice as common in women than men (ratio of 2.1:1) 2. The maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve involved most often (51.1%), and the right side of the face is affected more commonly than the left (ratio of 2.9:1). 3. 85(94.4%) patients had experiences visiting medical or dental specialties before being referred to the Department of Oral Medicine. 4. 40(44.4%) patients with trigeminal neuralgia had systemic diseases. 5. Treatment with carbamazepine monotherapy was satisfactory initially in 69(76.7%) the patients, and the mean daily dose of carbamazepine was 402.9mg. On the other hand, 16(17.8%) patients expressed effectiveness after combination therapy of carbamazepine and other drugs. 6. Of the 69 patients who had a good initial response to carbamazepine monotherapy, 18 patients became resistant, so that combination therapy of carbamazepine and other drugs were necessary. 7. 54(60%) patients developed side effects such as dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, blood dyscrasias, skin rash and constipation, and 11 of the patients decided to stop tmedicaion due to side effects.