Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor chips vertically stacked and electrically coupled to one another through TSVs (Through-Silicon Vias), a plurality of semiconductor elements formed in each of the semiconductor chips, a plurality of nodes suitable for coupling the semiconductor elements to one another, and a node control device suitable for being provided in each of the nodes, deciding whether to couple the node to a communication path based on a temperature of the node, and setting a shortest communication path among the semiconductor elements.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for operating an X-ray image processing system of creating a panoramic image based on three-dimensional (3D) Computed Tomography (CT) image data and displaying the panoramic image on the display unit, receiving a part of an object to be measured in the panoramic image through the input unit, and calculating an actual 3D length of the part of the object based on depth information of the CT image data and displaying the actual 3D length on the display unit. The part of the object can be selected by the user to measure a length of a desired part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting dental caries and an X-ray imaging apparatus and, more particularly, a method and apparatus for detecting dental caries and an X-ray imaging apparatus that can automatically detect occurrence and the degree of progress of caries by processing dental X-ray images.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for analyzing a radiography position error or a radiography condition error or both on basis of an x-ray radiograph. The apparatus includes an error data output unit outputting error data indicating that a radiography position or a radiography condition or both are incorrect by analyzing the X-ray radiograph; and an error data record unit recording the error data, wherein the error data output unit includes at least one of: a horizontal alignment error analysis unit analyzing a horizontal alignment error; a vertical alignment error analysis unit analyzing a vertical alignment error; a canine tooth alignment error analysis unit analyzing a canine tooth alignment error; an irradiation condition selection error analysis unit analyzing an irradiation condition selection error; a lead apron wearing error analysis unit analyzing a lead apron wearing error; and a Frankfort line alignment error analysis unit analyzing a Frankfort line alignment error.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to processing volume data of a volume rendered image. In particular, volume data is processed to clearly show a feature region in the volume rendered image. Such processing may include obtaining volume data for producing a volume rendered image from a third entity, generating feature data associated with a feature region in the volume rendered image using the obtained volume data, generating threshold data by setting a predetermined threshold value associated with the feature data, performing a thresholding process on the volume data using the generated threshold data, and emphasizing the feature region by processing the thresholding-processed volume data using the threshold data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting dental caries and an X-ray imaging apparatus and, more particularly, a method and apparatus for detecting dental caries and an X-ray imaging apparatus that can automatically detect occurrence and the degree of progress of caries by processing dental X-ray images.

Abstract: A task mapping method of a NoC semiconductor device includes assigning a first task of a plurality of tasks for node control of the NoC semiconductor device to a first node of a first chip; computing tag values of second tasks of the plurality of tasks which are not assigned to the first node; and assigning the second tasks to a second node according to the tag values.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for operating an X-ray image processing system of creating a panoramic image based on three-dimensional (3D) Computed Tomography (CT) image data and displaying the panoramic image on the display unit, receiving a part of an object to be measured in the panoramic image through the input unit, and calculating an actual 3D length of the part of the object based on depth information of the CT image data and displaying the actual 3D length on the display unit. The part of the object can be selected by the user to measure a length of a desired part.

Abstract: A medical image reconstruction system and method for correcting a CT image such that the CT image is located at the center of a three-dimensional (3D) space in order to overcome an error that would otherwise be formed due to an inaccurate position of a patient during Obtaining CT images. After the 3D spatial positions of a 3D medical image are corrected using 3D medical image data, a trajectory of a dental arch is detected. A two-dimensional (2D) medical image is created from the 3D medical image through automatic reconstruction on the basis of the detected trajectory of the dental arch.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of generating a network-on-chip (NoC) in an electronic device includes clustering a plurality of cores based on total communication energy comprising first communication energy between a plurality of voltage-frequency-islands (VFIs) and second communication energy inside the plurality of VFIs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method. for “an automatic cooking device standardization project” pertaining to, when standardizing a device for automatically cooking one or two or more dishes without manual labor: a business plan for producing a product which is standardized by basic components such as an ingredient fridge for storing ingredients, a kitchen capable of automatically cooking food, and a transfer line for automatically transferring ingredients for each dish from the ingredient fridge to cooking containers in the kitchen according to a cooking order and time, such that the product can be delivered to a shop or a restaurant and the like; and a plan for preparing, in advance, food ingredients used for the ingredient fridge of each product such that the food ingredients are capable of being continuously delivered to a consumer who has bought a product or that the consumer can also purchase the food ingredients in a shop and a food store or the like.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor chips vertically stacked and electrically coupled to one another through TSVs (Through-Silicon Vias) a plurality of semiconductor elements formed in each of the semiconductor chips, a plurality of nodes suitable for coupling the semiconductor elements to one another, and a node control device suitable for being provided in each of the nodes, deciding whether to couple the node to a communication path based on a temperature of the node, and setting a shortest communication path among the semiconductor elements.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device having a simplified structure, and a method of fabricating the same, are provided. The organic light emitting device comprises an anode, a conductive polymer layer having a surface 1A in contact with the anode and a surface 2A opposite to the surface 1A, a low molecular light emitting layer having a surface 1B in contact with the surface 2A and a surface 2B opposite to the surface 1B, and a cathode in contact with the surface 2B. The conductive polymer layer is a single layer including a conductive polymer having a conductivity of 1×10?7 S/cm to less than 0.1 S/cm, and a material having low surface energy, a concentration of the material having low surface energy of the surface 2A is greater than a concentration of the material having low surface energy of the surface 1A.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing the aza cyclohexapeptide compound 1-[(4R,5S)-5-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-N2-(10,12-dimethyl-1-oxotetradecyl)-4-hydroxy-L-ornithine]-5-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-L-ornithine]-pneumocandin B0 (caspofungin) represented by the following formula 1, which can improve the problem due to a pungent odor and toxicity during the process and can prepare caspofungin as a final product at high yield compared to conventional processes, and to novel intermediates which are used in the preparation process:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel type of a needle-free drug delivery system in which strong energy such as a laser beam is focused inside liquid contained in a sealed pressure chamber to cause bubble growth and the volume expansion in the sealed pressure chamber due to the bubble growth so as to elongate an elastic membrane, so that an instantaneous pressure is applied to a drug solution contained in a drug microchamber adjacent to the elastic membrane to allow the drug solution to be injected in the form of a liquid microjet, thereby enabling the drug solution to rapidly and accurately penetrate into the bodily tissues of the patient.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device having a simplified structure, and a method of fabricating the same, are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional nanostructure having nanomaterials stacked on a graphene substrate; and more specifically, to a 3-dimensional nanostructure having at least one nanomaterial selected from nanotubes, nanowires, nanorods, nanoneedles and nanoparticles grown on a reduced graphene substrate. The present invention enables the achievement of a synergy effect of the 3-dimensional nanostructure hybridizing 1-dimensional nanomaterials and 2-dimensional graphene. The nanostructure according to the present invention is excellent in flexibility and elasticity, and can easily be transferred to any substrate having a non-planar surface. Also, all junctions in nanomaterials, a metal catalyst and a graphene film system form the ohmic electrical contact, which allows the nanostructure to easily be incorporated into a field-emitting device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing the aza cyclohexapeptide compound 1-[(4R,5S)-5-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-N2-(10,12-dimethyl-1-oxotetradecyl)-4-hydroxy-L-ornithine]-5-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-L-ornithine]-pneumocandin B0 (caspofungin) represented by the following formula 1, which can improve the problem due to a pungent odor and toxicity during the process and can prepare caspofungin as a final product at high yield compared to conventional processes, and to novel intermediates which are used in the preparation process:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a graphene composition having liquid crystalline properties and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly to a graphene composition wherein graphene having useful electrical properties is uniformly dispersed in a medium, whereby it is chemically and physically stable, exhibits a liquid crystal phase in a wide temperature range and has good compatibility with other compounds, and to a preparation method thereof. In the graphene composition, liquid crystalline properties are imparted to graphene, which can be produced in large amounts and has excellent mechanical, chemical and electrical properties, and thus the graphene composition can provide a chance to apply functional carbon materials in various fields, including nanocomposites, energy storage materials, and photonics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microjet drug delivery system for microjet spraying a drug solution stored inside to inject the same into the bodily tissue of a person to be operated, and a microjet injector. The microjet injector comprises: a pressure chamber completely filled with the liquid for propelling pressure, having an accommodation space with one side opened; an elastic film, which is a film member made of an elastic material, arranged so as to form a closed space by closing the opened one side of the pressure chamber; a drug chamber for accommodating a drug solution in a predetermined inner space, provided adjacent to the pressure chamber with interposing the elastic film therebetween; and a microjet nozzle communicating with the inner space of the pressure chamber so as to be formed as a channel for allowing the drug solution stored inside the pressure chamber to be microjet sprayed to the outside.