• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 단백질 분자 간의 인터페이스를 계산하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 분자가 반데르바스 (van der Waals) 반경을 갖는 구의 집합으로 표현될 때, 공간 상의 한 점 p로부터 분자까지의 거리는 p로부터 가장 가까운 구까지의 거리에 대응한다. 분자 인터페이스는 두 개의 분자에 대해 같은 거리에 있는 점들로 구성된다. 제안된 알고리즘은 공간을 복셀의 집합로 분할한뒤, 각 복셀을 지나는 구의 위치 정보를 저장하여 복셀맵 (voxel map)을 구성하였다. 복셀맵을 이용하여 한 점으로부터 분자까지의 거리를 계산하며, GPU (graphic processor unit)를 이용하여 병렬처리를 수행함으로써 효율적으로 인터페이스를 근사한다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.335-337
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• 2002

The aim of this study was investigate the epileptogenic zone in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We evaluated the subtraction image of interictal SPECT from ictal SPECT coregistered to 3-dimensional (3D) MRI, and compared with the normal healthy SPECT using a SPM99. Forty-nine patients with TLE (M:F=28:21, mean age: 33${\pm}$2.1 years) underwent a pairs of ictal and interictal SPECT. We performed subtraction interictal SPECT from ictal SPECT in TLE patients. In addition, using SPM methods and t-statistics, SPECT images of the TLE patients were compared with normal healthy SPECT on a voxel by voxel basis. The voxels with a p-value of less than 0.05, 0.005, 0.001 were considered to be significantly different. The subtraction results by ictal and interictal SPECT coincided with the significant rCBF changes when compare of the normal healthy SPECT using a SPM99. The results suggested that analysis of difference of the two methods using healthy normal SPECT with SPM99 is useful tool in evaluation of seizure focus in epilepsy.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.439-441
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• 2002

The aim of this study is to reconstruct the 3D target volume from multiple projection images. It was assumed that we were already aware of the target position exactly, and all processes were performed in Target Coordinates whose origin was the center of the target. We used six projections: two projections were used to make a Reconstruction Box and four projections were for image acquisition. Reconstruction Box was made up of voxels of 3D matrix. Projection images were transformed into 3D volume in this virtual box using geometrical based back-projection method. Algorithm was applied to an ellipsoid model and horse-shoe shaped model. Projection images were created using C program language by geometrical method and reconstruction was also accomplished using C program language and Matlab(The Mathwork Inc., USA). For ellipsoid model, reconstructed volume was slightly overestimated but target shape and position was proved to be correct. For horse-shoe shaped model, reconstructed volume was somewhat different from original target model but there was a considerable improvement in target volume determination.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2002

3차원 의학영상처리 분야에서는 단면 해상도가 종축 방향의 공간 해상도보다 높은 비균등한 볼륨 데이터가 많이 사용된다 본 논문은 비균등한 볼륨 데이터를 효율적으로 렌더링하기 위하여 인접한 두 슬라이스상에 있는 복셀에서의 광도를 보간하여 중간 복셀의 광도를 직접 계산하는 방법을 제안한다. 기존 렌더링 방법과 달리 이 방법은 중간 슬라이스를 만들기 위해 전처리과정을 거치지 않으며 생성된 중간 슬라이스를 저장하기 위한 기억공간도 필요 없다 이 방법을 고속 볼륨 렌더링 알고리즘인 쉬어왑 분해 알고리즘에 적용한 사례를 통해 제안된 방법이 기존 방법보다 화질상의 손상 없이 속도가 향상됨을 보인다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.200-207
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• 2005

This study compares two different methods of measuring brain-BOLD activation. By comparing two different methods of measurement i.e., one method calculating the neural activation area (the number of activated voxels), while the other measured the neural activation intensity (the mean intensity of selected activated yokels), this study identified the more precise method of measuring brain activation which results from the completion of a visuospatial task. 16 right-handed male college students (mean age 23.2 years) participated in this study as subjects. Functional brain images were scanned on them using a 3T MRI single-shot EPI method. No correlation was found between the levels of cognitive performance and number of activated yokels in the activated brain areas. However, a significant correlation was found between the levels of cognitive performance and the mean intensity of selected activated yokels in the parietal, frontal, and other areas. In conclusion, the method of mean intensity was considered a better index of brain activity rather than the activated yokels measurement method.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2016

The Tomographic Gamma Scan (TGS) technique partitions radioactive waste drums into $10{\times}10{\times}16$ voxels and assays both the density and concentration of radioactivity for each voxel thus providing for improved accuracy, when compared to the traditional Non-Destructive Assay(NDA) techniques. It could decrease the degree of precision measurement since there is a trade-off between spatial resolution and precision. This latter drawback is compensated by expanding the Region of Interest (ROI) that differentiates the full energy peaks, which, in turn, results in an optimized degree of precision. The enlarged ROI, however, increases the probability of interference among those nuclides that emit energies in the adjacent spectrum. This study has identified the cause of such interference for the reference nuclide of the TGS technique, $^{137}Cs$ (661.66 keV, half-life 30.5 years), to be $^{110m}Ag$ (657.75 keV, half-life 249.76 days). A new calibration method of determining the optimized ROI was developed, and its effectiveness in accurately characterizing $^{137}Cs$ and eliminating the interference was further ascertained.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1285-1295
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• 1999

본 논문은 방대한 크기의 볼륨 데이타를 효율적으로 렌더링하기 위한 셀 기반 웨이브릿 압축 방법을 제시한다. 이 방법은 볼륨을 작은 크기의 셀로 나누고, 셀 단위로 웨이브릿 변환을 한 다음 복원 순서에 따른 런-길이(run-length) 인코딩을 수행하여 높은 압축율과 빠른 복원을 제공한다. 또한 최근 복원 정보를 캐쉬 자료 구조에 효율적으로 저장하여 복원 시간을 단축시키고, 에러 임계치의 정규화로 비정규화된 웨이브릿 압축보다 빠른 속도로 정규화된 압축과 같은 고화질의 이미지를 생성하였다. 본 연구의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 {{}} 해상도의 볼륨 데이타를 압축하여 쉬어-？ 분해(shear-warp factorization) 알고리즘에 적용한 결과, 손상이 거의 없는 상태로 약 27:1의 압축율이 얻어졌고, 약 3초의 렌더링 시간이 걸렸다.Abstract This paper presents an efficient cell-based wavelet compression method of large volume data. Volume data is divided into individual cell of {{}} voxels, and then wavelet transform is applied to each cell. The transformed cell is run-length encoded according to the reconstruction order resulting in a fairly good compression ratio and fast reconstruction. A cache structure is used to speed up the process of reconstruction and a threshold normalization scheme is presented to produce a higher quality rendered image. We have combined our compression method with shear-warp factorization, which is an accelerated volume rendering algorithm. Experimental results show the space requirement to be about 27:1 and the rendering time to be about 3 seconds for {{}} data sets while preserving the quality of an image as like as using original data.

• 정보처리학회논문지A
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• 제10A권2호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2003

최근 볼륨 그래픽스가 의료 영상의 해석 도구로서 주목을 받아 오고 있다. 볼륨 그래픽스에서는 가시화를 위하여 복셀로 정의된 물체가 필요하다. 이 때문에 기하학적인 방법으로 정의한 다각형 및 곡면을 복셀 기반의 물체로 변환시키는데 이를 복셀화(voxelization)라고 한다. 기하학적인 물체를 복셀화하면 기하학적 물체 데이터를 샘플링 데이터와 함께 단일화된 방법으로 볼륨 렌더링할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 큐브의 단면을 이용한 복셀화의 한 기법을 제안한다. 그리고 개인용 컴퓨터 환경에서 이 기법을 구현한 후에 단순한 기하학적인 데이터를 이용해서 평가하여 논리적인 타당성을 조사한다. 이 기법은 변환된 복셀로부터 정확한 법선 벡터를 계산할 수 있고 복셀간에 구멍(hole)이 발생하지 않고 다해상도(multi-resolution) 표현이 가능한 특성을 가지고 있다.

• International Journal of CAD/CAM
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.18-26
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• 2011

This paper proposes a new solid-shape modeling system based on a lusterware-image illustration. The proposed method reconstructs a three dimensional solid shape from a set of rough sketches that are typically drawn in the early stages of the design process. The sketches do not have to be strictly accurate, and this tolerance to the roughness of the input sketches is one of the major advantages of the proposed method. The proposed system creates an initial shape based on the silhouette of the input lusterware-images. Then the user can edit the initial shape with intuitive cutting and dishing-up operations, which are based on sketching user interface. To achieve the goal, the system retains the geometric model with two representations: a point-set data and a volume data. This dual data structure allows the program to create an initial shape from the input images with little computational cost, and the user can apply cutting and dishing-up operations without substantially increasing computational and memory requirements. In this research, we have tested the proposed system by reconstructing solid models of some mechanical parts from rough sketches. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method is useful for the prototyping of a solid shape.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.110-119
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• 2023

The prediction of ship resistance performance is typically obtained by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations or model tests in towing tank. However, these methods are both costly and time-consuming, so hull-form designers use statistical methods for a quick feed-back during the early design stage. It is well known that results from statistical methods are often less accurate compared to those from CFD simulations or model tests. To overcome this problem, this study suggests a new approach using a Convolution Neural Network (CNN) with voxelized hull-form data. By converting the original Computer Aided Design (CAD) data into three dimensional voxels, the CNN is able to abstract the hull-form data, focusing only on important features. For the verification, suggested method in this study was compared to a parametric method that uses hull parameters such as length overall and block coefficient as inputs. The results showed that the use of voxelized data significantly improves resistance performance prediction accuracy, compared to the parametric approach.