• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.679-691
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• 2002

Volume visualization is an important subarea of scientific visualization, and is concerned with techniques that are effectively used in generating meaningful and visual information from abstract and complex volume datasets, defined in three- or higher-dimensional space. It has been increasingly important in various fields including meteorology, medical science, and computational fluid dynamics, and so on. On the other hand, virtual reality is a research field focusing on various techniques that aid gaining experiences in virtual worlds with visual, auditory and tactile senses. In this paper, we have developed a visualization system for CAVE, an immersive 3D virtual environment system, which generates stereoscopic images from huge human volume datasets in real-time using an improved volume visualization technique. In order to complement the 3D texture-mapping based volume rendering methods, that easily slow down as data sizes increase, our system utilizes an image-based rendering technique to guarantee real-time performance. The system has been designed to offer a variety of user interface functionality for effective visualization. In this article, we present detailed description on our real-time stereoscopic visualization system, and show how the Visible Korean Human dataset is effectively visualized on CAVE.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.751-753
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• 2005

다양한 과학 분야와 공학 분야에서는 그들이 다루고 있는 특정한 주제의 정보를 좀 더 신속하고, 명확하게 사용자에게 전달하기 위해서 여러 가지 정보가시화(information visualization) 기법을 사용한다. 정보를 가시화 할 때는 기본적으로 세 가지 과정을 거치는데, 원천 데이터(raw data)로부터 데이터 모델(data model)로 변환하고, 변환된 데이터 모델을 가시화 구조상(visual structure)에 매핑(mapping)시킨 후 정보화 모델(information model)로 변환하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 특정 행사가 진행되고 있는 건물내부에서 발생하는 시간, 공간적인 정보를 정리한 도표 메타포(metaphor)를 토대로, 해당 데이터 모델로부터 추출한 다양한 정보를 3차원 지도로 구성된 정보화 모델 상에 반영하기 위한 방법을 제안하였다. 또한, 정보를 단순히 공간상에 반영하기 보다는 사용자의 관심영역(interest area)에 따른 정보의 공간적 의미에 중점을 두어 3차원 공간상에 표현하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.1657-1658
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 기계 시스템의 위험도 진단 및 관리를 위해, 3차원 기반의 진단결과 가시화 기술에 관한 연구를 소개한다. 계층구조와 인과관계에 의한 신뢰성 분석 기술을 3차원 디지털 목업에 적용하여, 요소 부품 및 전체 시스템의 위험도를 직관적으로 파악하고, 이를 유지 보수 과정에 활용할 수 있는 소프트웨어 플랫폼의 설계 및 풍력발전 시스템 적용을 위한 디지털 목업 개발 등을 소개한다.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.34-42
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• 2003

In medical imaging, three-dimensional (3D) display using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) as a portable file format can give intuitive information more efficiently on the World Wide Web (WWW). The web-based 3D visualization of functional images combined with anatomical images has not studied much in systematic ways. The goal of this study was to achieve a simultaneous observation of 3D anatomic and functional models with planar images on the WWW, providing their locational information in 3D space with a measuring implement using VRML. MRI and ictal-interictal SPECT images were obtained from one epileptic patient. Subtraction ictal SPECT co-registered to MRI (SISCOM) was performed to improve identification of a seizure focus. SISCOM image volumes were held by thresholds above one standard deviation (1-SD) and two standard deviations (2-SD). SISCOM foci and boundaries of gray matter, white matter, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the MRI volume were segmented and rendered to VRML polygonal surfaces by marching cube algorithm. Line profiles of x and y-axis that represent real lengths on an image were acquired and their maximum lengths were the same as 211.67 mm. The real size vs. the rendered VRML surface size was approximately the ratio of 1 to 605.9. A VRML measuring tool was made and merged with previous VRML surfaces. User interface tools were embedded with Java Script routines to display MRI planar images as cross sections of 3D surface models and to set transparencies of 3D surface models. When transparencies of 3D surface models were properly controlled, a fused display of the brain geometry with 3D distributions of focal activated regions provided intuitively spatial correlations among three 3D surface models. The epileptic seizure focus was in the right temporal lobe of the brain. The real position of the seizure focus could be verified by the VRML measuring tool and the anatomy corresponding to the seizure focus could be confirmed by MRI planar images crossing 3D surface models. The VRML application developed in this study may have several advantages. Firstly, 3D fused display and control of anatomic and functional image were achieved on the m. Secondly, the vector analysis of a 3D surface model was defined by the VRML measuring tool based on the real size. Finally, the anatomy corresponding to the seizure focus was intuitively detected by correlations with MRI images. Our web based visualization of 3-D fusion image and its localization will be a help to online research and education in diagnostic radiology, therapeutic radiology, and surgery applications.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.9A no.1
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• pp.83-92
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• 2002

The segmentation of target objects from three dimensional volume images is an essential step for visualization and volume measurement. In this paper, we present a method to detect the surface of objects by improving the widely used levoy filtering for volume visualization. Using morphological operators we generate completely closed surfaces and selectively segment objects using the volume growing algorithm. The presented method was applied to 3-D artificial sphere images and angiocardiograms. We quantitatively compared this method with the conventional levoy filtering using artificial sphereimages, and the results showed that our method is better in the aspect of voxel errors. The results of visual comparison using angiocardiograms also showed that our method is more accurate. The presented method in this paper is very effective for segmentation of volume data because segmentation, visualization and measurement are frequently used together for 3-D image processing and they can be easily related in our method.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.3 no.6
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• pp.1553-1567
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• 1996

The numerous applications surface interpolation include the modeling and visualization phenomena. A tetrahedrization is one of pre-processing steps for 4-D space interpolation. The quality of a piecewise linear interpolation 4-D space depends not only on the distribution of the data points in $R^2$, but also on the data values. We show that the quality of approximation can be improved by data dependent tetraheadrization through visualization of 4-D space. This paper discusses Delaunary tetrahedrization method(sphere criterion) and one of the data dependent tetrahedrization methods(least squares fitting criterion). This paper also discusses new data dependent criteria:1) gradient difference, and 2) jump in normal direction derivative.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.305-306
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• 2008

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.109-113
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• 2007

Micro-PIV is a well-known method for measurement of two- dimensional, two-component velocity in the microfluidic devices. Lots of the micro fluidic devices generate three-dimensional flow and 3D measurement of velocity is helpful to understand the physics of micro flow phenomena. In this study, we developed new micro 3D measurement method by applying 2-frame PTV in stereoscopic micro system. In this study, we did the validation study of SMPTV by using the simulated flow model to verify the accuracy and the feasibility of measurement and compared with SMPIV method. The results showed that SMPTV provides better spatial resolution and measurement accuracy than SMPIV method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.619-622
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• 2003

3차원 모델링 데이터를 VRML로 가시화하기 위해서는 용량 최적화와 실시간 렌더링이 중요하다. 실시간 렌더링은 객체에 따른 폴리건 수에 영향을 받게 되는데, 폴리건 수가 작으면 렌더링의 질이 저하되고 폴리건 수가 많아 데이터 용량이 크면 오브젝트 표현력은 좋으나 높은 대역폭을 필요로 하여, 디더링 철상이 발생과 실시간 렌더링이 어렵게 된다. 그러므로 네트워크 가상공간 내의 오브젝트는 최소의 폴리건을 사용해 메쉬를 단순화 시켜주는 방법으로 데이터 용량을 줄여주는데, 용량은 저하되지만 블록화 현상이 발생하여 저급한 렌더링이 된다. 본 논문에서는 모델링 데이터의 폴리건 수를 줄여 데이터 용량을 최적화 하고, 폴리건의 단순화에서 생기는 블록화 현상을 제거할 수 있는 방법으로 B-스플라인 곡선과 명암처리 기법인 고라우드 명암법을 이용하여 경계면을 부드럽게 처리할 수 있는 기법을 제시한다.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.519-526
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• 2000

볼륨 렌더링은 3D 의료영상 데이터를 가시화하는 중용한 기법 중 하나이다. 그러나 볼륨 렌더링을 실시간으로 이룰 때, 많은 계산량을 필요로하는 것이 볼률 렌더링을 사용하는데 걸림돌이 되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 Superscalar와 VLIM(Very Long Instruction Word)의 구조를 가지고 있어 동시에 8개의 명령어 수행이 가능한 TI사의 TMS320C6201 DSP를 이용하여 3D 초음파 영상의 쉬어-웝 볼륨 렌더링을 구현하였다. 쉬어-웝 방법을 DSP 상에서 최적으로 구현하기 위하여 ray map 방법, one-to-four ray casting, ？디 skipping 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법들을 이용한 볼륨 렌더링과 적용하지 않은 기존의 알고리즘을 DSP에 구현하여 PSNR과 렌더링 시간의 비교·평가를 통해 만족할 만한 영상 화질에 빠른 렌더링 성능을 얻을 수 있음을 보여주었다.