Characterizing skin color before and after 100‐m sprinting

Changes in Skin Color after Smoking Cessation

This study was performed to assess changes in skin color over 1 month after smoking cessation. The study population consisted of 49 men who participated in a smoking cessation program from March 2010 to June 2010 at a public health centre in Yangsan, South Korea. Thirty-four men who stop smoking completely were included in our study. Instrumental evaluations of skin color were performed using M...

Posterior Leg Bruising After Sprinting

A 48-year-old male presented to the emergency department with enlarging regions of ecchymoses over the posterior aspect of both legs (Figure 1). Four days earlier he had the sudden onset of severe achy hamstring pain during a 50-yard sprint. He denied weakness, similar prior episodes, or bleeding abnormalities. Both lower extremities had full range of motion, no loss of strength, a normal knee ...

Before After Before After

Comparing Quality of Life Before and After Surgery in Patients with Cushing Disease: A Before-After Study

Skin-Color Modeling and Adaptation

This report studies a statistical skin-color model and its adaptation. By quantitative analysis and goodness-oft test, we reveal that (1) skin-color di erences among people can be reduced by intensity normalization, and (2) under a certain lighting condition, a skin-color distribution can be characterized by a multivariate normal distribution in the normalized color space. We then propose an ad...