• Biomedical Engineering Letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.337-344
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• 2018

Additive manufacturing (AM) is an alternative metal fabrication technology. The outstanding advantage of AM (3D-printing, direct manufacturing), is the ability to form shapes that cannot be formed with any other traditional technology. 3D-printing began as a new method of prototyping in plastics. Nowadays, AM in metals allows to realize not only net-shape geometry, but also high fatigue strength and corrosion resistant parts. This success of AM in metals enables new applications of the technology in important fields, such as production of medical implants. The 3D-printing of medical implants is an extremely rapidly developing application. The success of this development lies in the fact that patient-specific implants can promote patient recovery, as often it is the only alternative to amputation. The production of AM implants provides a relatively fast and effective solution for complex surgical cases. However, there are still numerous challenging open issues in medical 3D-printing. The goal of the current research review is to explain the whole technological and design chain of bio-medical bone implant production from the computed tomography that is performed by the surgeon, to conversion to a computer aided drawing file, to production of implants, including the necessary post-processing procedures and certification. The current work presents examples that were produced by joint work of Polygon Medical Engineering, Russia and by TechMed, the AM Center of Israel Institute of Metals. Polygon provided 3D-planning and 3D-modelling specifically for the implants production. TechMed were in charge of the optimization of models and they manufactured the implants by Electron-Beam Melting ($EBM^{(R)}$), using an Arcam $EBM^{(R)}$ A2X machine.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 정전기 흡착패드를 구성하는 곡면형 전극의 기하학적 엄밀성을 고려하기 위해 정전기 문제에 대하여 CAD에서 사용하는 NURBS 기저함수를 직접 사용하는 아이소-지오메트릭 해석 기법을 도입하였다. 정전기 흡착력을 곡선 접촉면에서 구하는데 법선 벡터의 영향이 크므로 엄밀한 기하형상을 고려하는 아이소-지오메트릭 해석이 강점을 갖는다. 수치 예제를 통해 곡면과 평면에서 반복 구조의 유무에 따른 파라메터 연구를 수행하여 곡면형 전극의 흡착력이 좋은 성능을 가짐을 보였다. 정전기 흡착력의 성분을 분석하였을 때 정전기 흡착력의 차이는 법선 성분 전기장의 증가로 인한 것으로 파악되었다. 결론적으로 곡면형 전극에서도 전극 사이 거리가 가까워지는 아래로 볼록인 경우가 가장 성능이 좋고, 위로 볼록인 경우에는 성능이 가장 낮음을 보였다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2023

Purpose: To evaluate the marginal and internal fit of metal coping fabricated by a metal three-dimensional (3D) printer that uses selective laser melting (SLM). Methods: An extraoral scanner was used to scan a die of the prepared maxillary right first molar, and the coping was designed using computer-aided design software and saved as an stereo lithography (STL) file. Ten specimens were printed with an SLM-type metal 3D printer (SLM group), and 10 more specimens were fabricated by casting the castable patterns output generated by a digital light processing-type resin 3D printer (casting the 3D printed resin patterns [CRP] group). The fit was measured using the silicon replica technique, and 8 points (A to H) were set per specimen to measure the marginal (points A, H) and internal (points B~G) gaps. The differences among the groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney U-test (α=0.05). Results: The mean of marginal fit in the SLM group was 69.67±18.04 ㎛, while in the CRP group was 117.10±41.95 ㎛. The internal fit of the SLM group was 95.18±41.20 ㎛, and that of the CRP group was 86.35±32 ㎛. As a result of statistical analysis, there was a significant difference in marginal fit between the SLM and CRP groups (p<0.05); however, there was no significant difference in internal fit between the SLM group and the CRP group (p>0.05). Conclusion: The marginal and internal fit of SLM is within the clinically acceptable range, and it seems to be applicable in terms of fit.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2013

Purpose: To prevent low bone mineral density (BMD), that is, osteoporosis, in postmenopausal women, it is essential to diagnose osteoporosis more precisely. This study presented an automatic approach utilizing a histogram-based automatic clustering (HAC) algorithm with a support vector machine (SVM) to analyse dental panoramic radiographs (DPRs) and thus improve diagnostic accuracy by identifying postmenopausal women with low BMD or osteoporosis. Materials and Methods: We integrated our newly-proposed histogram-based automatic clustering (HAC) algorithm with our previously-designed computer-aided diagnosis system. The extracted moment-based features (mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis) of the mandibular cortical width for the radial basis function (RBF) SVM classifier were employed. We also compared the diagnostic efficacy of the SVM model with the back propagation (BP) neural network model. In this study, DPRs and BMD measurements of 100 postmenopausal women patients (aged >50 years), with no previous record of osteoporosis, were randomly selected for inclusion. Results: The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the BMD measurements using our HAC-SVM model to identify women with low BMD were 93.0% (88.0%-98.0%), 95.8% (91.9%-99.7%) and 86.6% (79.9%-93.3%), respectively, at the lumbar spine; and 89.0% (82.9%-95.1%), 96.0% (92.2%-99.8%) and 84.0% (76.8%-91.2%), respectively, at the femoral neck. Conclusion: Our experimental results predict that the proposed HAC-SVM model combination applied on DPRs could be useful to assist dentists in early diagnosis and help to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with low BMD and osteoporosis.

• 항공우주산업기술동향
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

항공우주산업과 관련된 항공기, 인공위성, 발사체 등의 구조체 개발을 위해서는 설계단계에서부터 해석 및 제작에 이르기까지 다양한 전산기술(CAD/CAE/CAM)이 널리 적용되고 있다. 이 중 구조해석을 위해서는 NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS와 같은 유한요소법에 기반을 둔 CAE 소프트웨어가 개발되어 산업현장에 널리 보급되어 있으며, 정적해석, 동적해석, 진동해석, 충돌해석 등 해석목적에 맞게 모듈화가 되어있다. 최근에는 해 석알고리즘 및 컴퓨터성능의 발달에 힘입어 다중물리해석, 최적설계와 같은 난해하며 높은 계산량을 요구하는 문제의 적용과 및 다자유도문제의 해결이 진행되고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 항공우주산업분야에 주로 사용되는 구조해석 소프트웨어의 최신기술동향을 살펴본다.

• 정보처리학회논문지A
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• 제9A권3호
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• pp.301-310
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• 2002

인터넷이 교육분야에도 활발히 사용되면서 자료검색부터 동영상 강의 나아가 인터넷을 통해 실시간으로 시험을 치르고 있다. 웹을 이용한 원격시험에 출제되는 문제들은 대부분 고정출제나 문제은행방식을 이용한 무작위 출제방식을 사용하고 있다. 본 논문의 문제은행시스템은 마크업 언어를 모르더라도 문제를 제작할 수 있으며, 웹 상에서 시험을 치르고난 후 정답률에 기초하여 난이도를 자동으로 재조정할 수 있다. 또한 학습자는 시험이 끝난뒤 피드백 학습을 할 수 있으며, 학습 후에는 학습자가 스스로 난이도를 조정하여 재시험을 치를 수 있게 하였다. 자동난이도 출제 방식은 출제가 간편해지며 평가의 예상평균점수를 미리 예측하고 시험결과가 계속 문항마다 누적되어 이를 바탕으로 출제되는 문제가 너무 쉽게 또는 너무 어렵게 출제되는 것을 막을 수 있다. 또한 원격시험은 대리시험 등 부정의 소지가 많아 유형이 다른 문제를 출제하게 되는데 여기서 오는 형평성 문제를 극복할 수 있게 된다.

• 한국조명전기설비학회지:조명전기설비
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.106-113
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• 1997

기계기구의 설계나 개발시 개발제품의 표준화 및 양호환 호환성, 공작상 공기의 단축, 가격 저하 등의 장점을 갖는 계열화 설계기법으로 CAE에 의한 방법을 소개했다. 특히 대형기기에서부터 초정밀 기기 등에 대한 설계나 개발시 표본 모델을 선정하고 그로부터 물리적이고 기술적인 부분의 면밀한 분석을 통해서 고유한 특징을 추출하고 이에 대한 유추론적 수학의 해석으로서 추구하고자 하는 크기에 대한 특성 실험을 예측할 수 있고 최적 설계상의 데이터를 사전에 검증하므로서 수요자가 요구하는 설계 표본을 이끌어 낼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 설계자가 계산기를 이용한 계열화 설계에 있어서의 유츄론적 알고리즘과 설계정수 및 제한요소들의 처리 방법을 제시하고 각종 임의의 계열화 기기에 대한 단계별 기능 및 기술적인 데이터의 유도 과정을 액츄에이터를 모델로 선정하여 분석했다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2013

In this study, the artery's compliance model and the pulsation waveform model was proposed to estimate blood pressure without applying HPF (High Pass Filter) on signal measured by the oscillometric method. The method proposed in the study considered two ways of estimating blood pressure. The first method of estimating blood pressure is by comparing and analyzing changes in pulsation waveform's dicrotic notch region during each cardiac period. The second method is by comparing and analyzing morphological changes in the pulsation waveform during each cardiac period, which occur in response to the change in pressure applied on the cuff. To implement these methods, we proposed the compliance model and the pulsation waveform model of the artery based on hemodynamic theory, and then conducted various simulations. The artery model presented in this study only took artery's compliance into account. Then, a pulsation waveform model was suggested, which uses characteristic changes in the pulsation waveform to estimate blood pressure. In addition, characteristic changes were observed in arterial volume by applying artery's pulsation waveform to the compliance model. The pulsation waveform model was suggested to estimate blood pressure using characteristic changes of the pulsation waveform in the arteries. This model was composed of the sum of sine waves and a Fourier's series in combination form up to 10th harmonics components of the sinusoidal waveform. Then characteristic of arterial volume change was observed by inputting pulsation waveform into the compliance model. The characteristic changes were also observed in the pulsation waveform by mapping the arterial volume change in accordance with applied cuff's pressure change to the pulsation waveform's change according to applied pressure changes by cuff. The systolic and diastolic blood pressures were estimated by applying positional change of pulsation waveform's dicrotic notch region.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2017

In this study, the cutting conditions of moving speed, number of main axial revolutions, etc. are changed for the chrome molybdenum steel (SCM415) material and carbide ball end mill tool to study the changes for processing intensity in the cutting process. The results that confirm the intensity of the measured value of the specimen for SCM415 display the intensity with an average 1.0667 HrC. After the fact cutter, it was able to confirm the average intensity of 8.3815 HrC. In addition, the intensity value after image processing may determine the average intensity survey value of 5.8690 HrC and the different intensity values with image processing after face cutting are shown for an average of ${\pm}2.5125HrC$. The different value of intensity with the specimen and image processing is confirmed for an average of 4.8024 HrC. The results of comparing the intensity following the number of main axial revolutions and moving speed show that the intensity is highest for 3,000 rpm and F200, and lowest for 4,000 rpm and F200.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1082-1089
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• 2012

Objectives : The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of digitized stone models, impression materials compared to the master model and the reliability of the computer aided analysis. Methods : A master model(500B-1, Nissin dental product, Japan) with the prepared lower full arch tooth was used. Ten vinyl polysiloxane impressions(Examix$^{(R)}$, GC Industrial Corp, Japan) of master model were taken and type IV stone(aesthetic-base gold$^{(R)}$, Dentona, Germany) were poured in stone models. The linear distance between the reference points were measured and analyzed on the Delcam Copycad$^{(R)}$(Delcam plc, UK). The t-student test for paired samples was used for statistical analysis. Results : The mean differences to master model for stone model and impression material were 0.11~0.19mm, and 0.19~0.29mm, respectively. There were statistical differences in dimensional accuracy for full arch impression between master model and stone model/impressions(p<.05). Conclusions : Two different scanning methods showed clinically acceptable accuracy of full arch digital impression produced by them. These results will have to be confirmed in further clinical studies.