Research profile
Research profile and academic materials
This page brings together the academic and research-focused material that sat behind the old Real3d site: theses, presentations, long-running research interests, and the software platforms that grew out of that work over time.
Academic materials
| Description | Title | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| PhD dissertation | Analysis of 3D Shape Measurement for Fringe Projection Profilometry based Intraoral Scanner (8.9 MB) | PPT (40.0 MB) |
| MS thesis | Virtual Dental Treatment Training System using a Haptic Device (2.44 MB) | PPT (3.34 MB) |
Research interests
- 3D computer vision, including structured-light scanning, reconstruction, stereo vision, and image processing.
- Computer graphics, visualization toolkits, rendering engines, and interactive 3D applications.
- 3D imaging for medical and industrial workflows, including CT, MR, X-ray reconstruction, statistical shape modeling, and image analysis.
- Intraoral scanning, real-time 3D measurement systems, and dental imaging workflows.
- Computational geometry, geometric modeling and processing, mesh and point-cloud algorithms, and physics-based modeling.
- Dynamic musculoskeletal modeling, motion capture, robotic kinematics, virtual reality, and haptic rendering.
Patents
Patent in 3D imaging for fringe-projection profilometry and intraoral scanning systems, alongside the later patented volumetric shape-modeling workflow documented on the main profile page.
Software systems developed
The research work above fed directly into the software systems published under the Real3d name. Across those projects I designed, implemented, and maintained the full application stack myself.
- Real3d VolViCon for advanced 3D image analysis and visualization.
- Real3d Renderer for mesh and point-cloud processing.
- Real3d Scanner V3 and Real3d Scanner V2 for structured-light scanning and reconstruction.
- Real3d Web Viewer for browser-based volume and surface visualization.
- Real3d Photo Viewer and Real3d Camera Viewer for lightweight imaging utilities.
- Virtual 3D Scanner, intraoral scanning systems, dental simulation tools, motion-capture viewers, and CNC simulation software developed during research and industrial programmes.
- Supporting application infrastructure such as FL-Essentials and the Fast Visualization Kit.
Selected research programmes
- Dynamic musculoskeletal modeling for non-invasive clinical analysis in collaboration with UC Davis, UCSF, and Stanford.
- Development of a digital fusion artificial tooth-treatment support system and intraoral 3D scanner under Korean biomedical technology programmes.
- Development of a CNC machine and simulation workflow for curved-rafter processing under Korea's urban development programme.
- Virtual dental treatment training systems using haptic interfaces.
- Intelligent monitoring systems and applied 3D vision projects spanning academic and industrial collaborations.
Technical foundation
The technical foundation across these programmes has centred on C and C++, OpenGL, OpenCV, VTK, ITK, OpenCASCADE, CUDA, Qt, FLTK, Win32, and custom geometry-processing code written from first principles. A fuller work-history view is available on the detailed profile page.
Selected publications
Over thirty-two journal and conference publications across 3D scanning, image processing, computational geometry, and dental scanning. Notable awards include best paper at ICISA 2012, two best paper awards from the Society of CAD/CAM Engineers, and two bronze paper awards from the IEEE Seoul Section Student Paper Contest.
Related materials: resources, bookmarks, journals, and books.