Abstract: In a method of compiling an updated program having a plurality of updated functions that is updated from an original program having a plurality of original functions, it is determined whether a first original function corresponding to a first updated function exists, it is determined whether the first updated function is changed from the first original function, a first optimization combination for the first updated function is searched when the first original function does not exist or when the first updated function is changed from the first original function, a second optimization combination applied to the first original function is read from a configuration database storing optimization combinations for the original functions when the first original function exists and the first updated function is not changed from the first original function, and the updated program is compiled using the first optimization combination or the second optimization combination.

Abstract: A method for providing a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) to a terminal related to a vehicle by a broadcast and multicast service center (BM-SC) is provided. The method includes identifying at least one candidate service area that the terminal is predicted to pass through, and transmitting, to an MBMS-gateway (MBMS-GW), a request for configuring the radio bearer of the at least one candidate service area.

Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for supporting a higher data rate than a 4G communication system is provided. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor operatively coupled with the transceiver. The processor is configured to broadcast a request signal for positioning the UE, receive response signals corresponding to the request signal from a plurality of UEs, based on received signal timings of the response signals and timing advance (TA) values of the plurality of UEs, select one of at least one UE set which is classified based on a distance from the UE, select three UEs from the selected set based on the TA values such that a triangular area comprising the three UEs as vertices covers the UE, and generate position information of the UE based on distances between the three UEs and the UE.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment includes: receiving signals from other terminals; selecting another terminal which has proximity to the terminal from among the other terminals based on reception powers of the signals and information related to the signals; and determining a location of the terminal based on location information of the other terminals.

Abstract: A method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) image of a target object includes acquiring ultrasound data of the target object; and generating the 3D image of the target object by using the ultrasound data so that a part of the target object having attribute information different than attribute information of other parts of the target object is shown on the 3D image differently than the other parts.

Abstract: A method of combinatorial masking employs a combinatorial etch mask that includes a top layer of a stack of material layers and a secondary mask on the top layer to etch other material layers of the stack. The method includes patterning a first layer at a top of the stack of material layers, and providing the secondary mask on top of the patterned first layer. The method further includes etching other material layers of the stack including a second layer below the first layer with the combinatorial mask and then etching the first layer along with the other material layers of the stack excluding the second layer using the secondary mask as an etch mask.

Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for supporting a higher data rate than a 4G communication system is provided. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor operatively coupled with the transceiver. The processor is configured to broadcast a request signal for positioning the UE, receive response signals corresponding to the request signal from a plurality of UEs, based on received signal timings of the response signals and timing advance (TA) values of the plurality of UEs, select one of at least one UE set which is classified based on a distance from the UE, select three UEs from the selected set based on the TA values such that a triangular area comprising the three UEs as vertices covers the UE, and generate position information of the UE based on distances between the three UEs and the UE.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including: a display configured to display a first ultrasound image showing an object; a user input device configured to receive a user input for selecting first and second depths in the first ultrasound image and setting different three-dimensional (3D) rendering properties with respect to the first and second depths; and a controller configured to generate a second ultrasound image showing a 3D volume of the object based on the set 3D rendering properties, wherein the display is further configured to display the generated second ultrasound image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical imaging apparatus including a volume data generation unit to generate volume data of an object containing a target site to be inspected, a position calculation unit to detect the target site from the volume data of the object and to calculate a center of the target site, a marker data generation unit to generate marker data, wherein the marker data are volume data of a volume marker located at a position corresponding to the center of the target site, and a synthesized data generation unit to generate synthesized data by synthesizing the volume data of the object and the marker data. According to the medical imaging apparatus and a control method therefor, depth or direction information regarding the target site inside the object may be acquired during volume navigation, and thus, a stereoscopic structure of the target site may be identified.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying a medical image, the apparatus including: a data acquisition unit for acquiring volume data of an object; an image generation unit for generating a medical image, which includes at least one three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image and at least one 2D stereoscopic image generated based on at least one of a direction, a gradient, and a depth of an object shown in the 3D stereoscopic image, from volume data of the object; and a displaying unit for displaying the generated medical image.

Abstract: A medical system, a medical imaging apparatus, and a method of setting a 3-dimensional (3D) marker on a 3D image are provided. The medical imaging apparatus a display unit displaying a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image generated by using 3D data; a user input unit receiving first input information for selecting a predetermined point of the 3D ultrasound image; and a processor detecting 3D geometry information of a 3D marker that corresponds to the predetermined point in the 3D data based on the first input information, and setting the 3D marker on the 3D image based on the 3D geometry information that is detected.

Abstract: A 3D ultrasound image generating apparatus and method includes a volume-data generator to generate 3-dimensional (3D) volume data based on at least one cross-sectional image with respect to a body tissue of a subject, and a controller that generates the final 3D image having the adjusted 3D effect by volume rendering the 3D volume data based on the input stereo-depth value when a stereo-depth value used to adjust the 3D effect of a final 3D image generated based on the 3D volume data is input.

Abstract: Provided are a medical system and a method for providing measurement information by setting a three-dimensional (3D) caliper on a 3D image. The medical system includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data corresponding to a 3D image of a living body including an object; a user input unit that receives user input information; and a processor that generates 3D data by using the image data and the 3D image by using the 3D data, detects 3D geometry information corresponding to a 3D caliper from the 3D data based on the user input information, sets the 3D caliper on the 3D image based on the detected 3D geometry information, and creates measurement information.

Abstract: A method of combinatorial masking employs a combinatorial etch mask that includes a top layer of a stack of material layers and a secondary mask on the top layer to etch other material layers of the stack. The method includes patterning a first layer at a top of the stack of material layers, and providing the secondary mask on top of the patterned first layer. The method further includes etching other material layers of the stack including a second layer below the first layer with the combinatorial mask and then etching the first layer along with the other material layers of the stack excluding the second layer using the secondary mask as an etch mask.

Abstract: A method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) image of a target object includes acquiring ultrasound data of the target object; and generating the 3D image of the target object by using the ultrasound data so that a part of the target object having attribute information different than attribute information of other parts of the target object is shown on the 3D image differently than the other parts.

Abstract: An image processing method of separating an input image into a foreground image and a background image, the method including determining a pixel of the input image as a pixel of the foreground image if a foreground probability value of the pixel of the foreground image determined by using the Gaussian mixture model or the pixel determined to be included in a motion region is greater than a setting threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical imaging apparatus including a volume data generation unit to generate volume data of an object containing a target site to be inspected, a position calculation unit to detect the target site from the volume data of the object and to calculate a center of the target site, a marker data generation unit to generate marker data, wherein the marker data are volume data of a volume marker located at a position corresponding to the center of the target site, and a synthesized data generation unit to generate synthesized data by synthesizing the volume data of the object and the marker data. According to the medical imaging apparatus and a control method therefor, depth or direction information regarding the target site inside the object may be acquired during volume navigation, and thus, a stereoscopic structure of the target site may be identified.

Abstract: This invention provides a thin film device with minimized spatial variation of local mean height. More specifically, the thin film device has a substrate and at least one first structure having a first spatially varying weighted local mean height determined by a layer weighting function. The first structure has a first maximum height, a first minimum height and a first variation for a given averaging area. A compensation structure is also provided upon the substrate, the compensation structure having a second spatially varying weighted local mean height determined by the layer weighting function. The compensation structure also has a second maximum height, a second minimum height and a second variation for the given averaging area. The first structure and compensation structure combine to provide a combined structure upon the substrate with minimized spatial variation of a combined weighted local mean.

Abstract: Provided are a medical system and a method for providing measurement information by setting a three-dimensional (3D) caliper on a 3D image. The medical system includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data corresponding to a 3D image of a living body including an object; a user input unit that receives user input information; and a processor that generates 3D data by using the image data and the 3D image by using the 3D data, detects 3D geometry information corresponding to a 3D caliper from the 3D data based on the user input information, sets the 3D caliper on the 3D image based on the detected 3D geometry information, and creates measurement information.

Abstract: A medical system, a medical imaging apparatus, and a method of setting a 3-dimensional (3D) marker on a 3D image are provided. The medical imaging apparatus a display unit displaying a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image generated by using 3D data; a user input unit receiving first input information for selecting a predetermined point of the 3D ultrasound image; and a processor detecting 3D geometry information of a 3D marker that corresponds to the predetermined point in the 3D data based on the first input information, and setting the 3D marker on the 3D image based on the 3D geometry information that is detected.