Automatic facial pore analysis system using multi‐scale pore detection

• Published in: Skin research and technology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 354 - 362
• Main Authors: Sun, J. Y., Kim, S. W., Lee, S. H., Choi, J. E., Ko, S. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology; Correlation analysis; Delaunay triangulation; Devices; Enlargement; Evaluation; Face - anatomy & histology; Face - diagnostic imaging; Face recognition; facial pore; Feature extraction; Female; Grading; Humans; Image processing; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Light sources; Male; Multiscale analysis; multi‐scale pore detection; noninvasive evaluation; Observer Variation; Photography - methods; Pore size; pore widening; Pores; Porosity; Reproducibility of Results; Skin; Skin - diagnostic imaging; Tightening; Widening; image processing; noninvasive evaluation; Delaunay triangulation; facial pore; multi-scale pore detection; pore widening

Background/purpose As facial pore widening and its treatments have become common concerns in the beauty care field, the necessity for an objective pore‐analyzing system has been increased. Conventional apparatuses lack in usability requiring strong light sources and a cumbersome photographing proces...