• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.160-166
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• 2004

In this study, a new algorithm, named as Contour Offset Algorithm(COA) is developed to fabricate precise features or patterns in the range of several micrometers by nano replication printing(nRP) process. In the nRP process, a femto-second laser is scanned on a photosensitive monomer resin in order to induce polymerization of the liquid monomer according to a voxel matrix which is transformed from the bitmap format file. After polymerization, a droplet of ethanol is dropped to remove the unnecessary remaining liquid resin and then only the polymerized figures with nano-scaled precision are remaining on the glass plate. To obtain more precise replicated features, the contour lines in voxel matrix should be modified considering a voxel size. In this study, the efficiency of the proposed method is shown through two examples in view of accuracy.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.302-306
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• 2021

Indoor localization is one of the basic elements of Location-Based Service, such as indoor navigation, location-based precision marketing, spatial recognition of robotics, augmented reality, and mixed reality. We propose a Voxel Labeling-based visual positioning system using object simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Our method is a method of determining a location through single image 3D cuboid object detection and object SLAM for indoor navigation, then mapping to create an indoor map, addressing it with voxels, and matching with a defined space. First, high-quality cuboids are created from sampling 2D bounding boxes and vanishing points for single image object detection. And after jointly optimizing the poses of cameras, objects, and points, it is a Visual Positioning System (VPS) through matching with the pose information of the object in the voxel database. Our method provided the spatial information needed to the user with improved location accuracy and direction estimation.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.2191-2208
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• 2022

Motion blur in PET (Positron emission tomography) images induced by respiratory motion will reduce the quality of imaging. Although exiting methods have positive performance for respiratory motion correction in medical practice, there are still many aspects that can be improved. In this paper, an improved 3D unsupervised framework, Res-Voxel based on U-Net network was proposed for the motion correction. The Res-Voxel with multiple residual structure may improve the ability of predicting deformation field, and use a smaller convolution kernel to reduce the parameters of the model and decrease the amount of computation required. The proposed is tested on the simulated PET imaging data and the clinical data. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed achieved Dice indices 93.81%, 81.75% and 75.10% on the simulated geometric phantom data, voxel phantom data and the clinical data respectively. It is demonstrated that the proposed method can improve the registration and correction performance of PET image.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.161-168
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• 2020

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of voxel size and different post-processing algorithms on the analysis of dental materials using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). Materials and Methods: Root-end cavities were prepared in extracted maxillary premolars, filled with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), Biodentine, and Intermediate Restorative Material (IRM), and scanned using micro-CT. The volume and porosity of materials were evaluated and compared using voxel sizes of 5, 10, and 20 ㎛, as well as different software tools(post-processing algorithms). The CTAn or MeVisLab/Materialise 3-matic software package was used to perform volume and morphological analyses, and the CTAn or MeVisLab/Amira software was used to evaluate porosity. Data were analyzed using 1-way ANOVA and the Tukey test(P<0.05). Results: Using MeVisLab/Materialise 3-matic, a consistent tendency was observed for volume to increase at larger voxel sizes. CTAn showed higher volumes for MTA and IRM at 20 ㎛. Using CTAn, porosity values decreased as voxel size increased, with statistically significant differences for all materials. MeVisLab/Amira showed a difference for MTA and IRM at 5 ㎛, and for Biodentine at 20 ㎛. Significant differences in volume and porosity were observed in all software packages for Biodentine across all voxel sizes. Conclusion: Some differences in volume and porosity were found according to voxel size, image-processing software, and the radiopacity of the material. Consistent protocols are needed for research evaluating dental materials.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.41-49
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• 2012

The objective of this study is for development of the reference Korean female phantom, HDRK-Woman. The phantom was constructed by adjusting a Korean woman voxel phantom to the Reference Korean data. The Korean woman phantom had been developed based on the high-resolution color slice images obtained from an adult Korean female cadaver. There were a total of 39 organs including the 27 organs specified in ICRP 103 for effective dose calculation. The voxel resolution of the phantom was $1.976{\times}1.976{\times}2.0619\;mm^3$ and the voxel array size is $261{\times}109{\times}825$ in the x, y and z directions. Then, the voxel resolution was changed to $2.0351{\times}2.0351{\times}2.0747\;mm^3$ for adjustment of the height and total bone mass of the phantom to the Reference Korean data. Finally, the internal organs and tissue were adjusted using in-house software program developed for 3D volume adjustment of the organs and tissue. The effective dose values of HDRK phantoms were calculated for broad parallel photon beams using MCNPX Monte Carlo code and compared with those of ICRP phantoms.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06d
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• pp.227-230
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• 2001

In this paper, We present a 3D image data for ocular refina. This 3D display techniques are used voxel(cuboid) projection. Voxel is 3D reconstruction method of the pixel. In this paper, 3D image display system is constructed under PC environment and programed based on modular programming by using Visual C++. The hole procedures are composed of data preparation, 3D Display over transformation and scaling.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.273-276
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• 2000

3차원 영상은 2차원 영상에 비해 데이터량이 매우 방대하다. 따라서 3차원 데이터를 효율적으로 압축하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 현재까지 대부분의 연구는 데이터량이 체적소(voxel)에 비해 월등히 적은 메쉬(mesh)를 기반으로 하여 이루어져 왔다. 하지만, 메쉬를 이용한 데이터 압축의 경우 체적소에 비해 데이터 자체의 규칙성이 떨어져 체적소를 이용한 압축에 비해 압축 효율이 낮다. 그리고, 체적소 데이터를 이용할 경우, 이를 스켈레톤화 하여 데이터량을 더욱 줄일 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 3차원 체 적소 데이터의 규칙성과 스켈레톤을 이용한 압축 기법을 제안할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.423-427
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• 1993

An efficient 3-axis NC milling simulator is presented. The geometric simulation of milling is based on z-map structure and voxels. For the graphic simulation,dimetric projection is adopted. As a result, two faces of a voxel are exposed and they are overlapped. Visible faces are determined by using z-butter method. The simulation system is developed in IBM-PC compatible with satisfactory result.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.146-146
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.149-149
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• 2006