Altered Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated with Pubertal Hormones in Girls with Precocious Puberty by Tao Chen, Yi Lu, Yu Wang, Anna Guo, Xiaoling Xie, Yuchuan Fu, Bangli Shen, Wenxiao Lin, Di Yang, Lu Zhou, Xiaozheng Liu, Peining Liu, Zhihan Yan

“…All subjects underwent multimodal magnetic resonance imaging of brain structure and function. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis was paired with seed-to-voxel whole-brain RS-FC analysis to calculate the GMV and RS-FC in idiopathic CPP and PPP girls. …”
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Pavement Potholes Quantification: A Study Based on 3D Point Cloud Analysis by Qingzhen Sun, Lei Qiao, Yibo Shen

“…An RGB-D depth sensor is employed to collect point cloud data of road potholes. Voxel filtering and voxelization downsampling are used for denoising, filtering, and enhancing data processing efficiency. …”
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Cortical Surface Reconstruction from High-Resolution MR Brain Images by Sergey Osechinskiy, Frithjof Kruggel

“…A new PDE-based method is presented for the automated cortical reconstruction that is computationally efficient and scales well with grid resolution, and thus is particularly suitable for high-resolution MR images with submillimeter voxel size. The method uses a mathematical model of a field in an inhomogeneous dielectric. …”
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Topographical mapping of metabolic abnormalities in multiple sclerosis using rapid echo-less 3D-MR spectroscopic imaging at 7T by Eva Niess, Assunta Dal-Bianco, Bernhard Strasser, Fabian Niess, Lukas Hingerl, Beata Bachrata, Stanislav Motyka, Paulus Rommer, Siegfried Trattnig, Wolfgang Bogner

“…Metabolic maps were obtained using echo-less 3D-MRSI at 7T with a 64 × 64 × 33 matrix and a nominal voxel size of 3.4 × 3.4 × 4 mm³ in an 8-minute scan. …”
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Morphological Biomarker Differentiating MCI Converters from Nonconverters: Longitudinal Evidence Based on Hemispheric Asymmetry by Xiaojing Long, Chunxiang Jiang, Lijuan Zhang

“…The proposed asymmetry analysis was observed to be sensitive to detect morphological changes between groups as compared to the methods of voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and thickness measurement. …”
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Research on Improved Ray Casting Algorithm and Its Application in Three-Dimensional Reconstruction by ZheShu Jia, DeYun Chen, Bo Wang

“…This method first classifies CT data, assigns corresponding color values and opacity transfer functions to different types of data, and then uses inverse distance-weighted interpolation (IDWI) sampling to replace the trilinear interpolation sampling method for the voxel where the sampling point is located to accelerate the interpolation operation. …”
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Differences in Cortical Representation and Structural Connectivity of Hands and Feet between Professional Handball Players and Ballet Dancers by Jessica Meier, Marlene Sofie Topka, Jürgen Hänggi

“…Here we aimed at investigating sport-specific adaptations in professional handball players and ballet dancers by focusing on the primary motor and somatosensory grey matter (GM) representation of hands and feet using voxel-based morphometry as well as on fractional anisotropy (FA) of the corticospinal tract by means of diffusion tensor imaging-based fibre tractography. …”
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3D Rigid Registration of Intraoperative Ultrasound and Preoperative MR Brain Images Based on Hyperechogenic Structures by Pierrick Coupé, Pierre Hellier, Xavier Morandi, Christian Barillot

“…The registration procedure is achieved by maximizing the joint probability for a voxel to be included in hyperechogenic structures in both modalities. …”
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White Matter Hyperintensity Load Modulates Brain Morphometry and Brain Connectivity in Healthy Adults: A Neuroplastic Mechanism? by Matteo De Marco, Riccardo Manca, Micaela Mitolo, Annalena Venneri

“…WMHs were quantified with an automated procedure. Voxel-based morphometry was carried out to model grey matter. …”
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Machine-Vision-Based Intelligent Manufacturing by Fine-Grained Point Cloud Identification by Yinhai Li, Fei Wang, Yang Jiang

“…Dense learned grids were analyzed, and network parameter tuning and management were done; then comparisons with voxel-representation-enabled three-dimensional convolutional neural networks (3D-CNN) and existing methods revealed detailed literature for fabricating networks with better robustness and lower algorithm cycle complexity; finally, the actual completion of the network is verified through the example section, and the manufacturability of the cave shape is analyzed to identify the unmanufacturable overall form and explain its considerations. …”
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High-Accuracy and Efficient Simulation of Numerical Control Machining Using Tri-Level Grid and Envelope Theory by Zhengwen Nie, Yanzheng Zhao

“…Since hierarchical space decomposition is used, this multi-level representation enables the batch processing of affected voxels and minimal intersection calculations, achieving fast and accurate modeling results. …”
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Automatic Graph Cut Segmentation of Lesions in CT Using Mean Shift Superpixels by Xujiong Ye, Gareth Beddoe, Greg Slabaugh

“…It first determines, at each voxel, a five-dimensional (5D) feature vector that contains intensity, shape index, and 3D spatial location. …”
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3D Analytic Cone-Beam Reconstruction for Multiaxial CT Acquisitions by Zhye Yin, Bruno De Man, Jed Pack

“…We compute the relative contribution from each axial dataset to each voxel based on the X-ray beam collimation, the respective cone-angles, and the spacing between the axial scans. …”
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Model-Independent 3D Descriptors of Vertebral Cancellous Bone Architecture by Ian H. Parkinson, Danielle Forbes, Peter Sutton-Smith, Nicola L. Fazzalari

“…From 3D anaglyphs, trabecular rod thickness and length were measured and the trabecular rod Buckling index was calculated. From 3D voxel-based datasets, bone volume density, trabecular thickness, and trabecular separation were measured. …”
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Automatic Quantification of Atherosclerosis in Contrast-Enhanced MicroCT Scans of Mouse Aortas Ex Vivo by Vincent A. Stadelmann, Gabrielle Boyd, Martin Guillot, Jean-Guy Bienvenu, Charles Glaus, Aurore Varela

“…Aortic and plaque volumes were computed by voxel counting and lesion surface by triangulation. …”
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Comparison of Super Resolution Reconstruction Acquisition Geometries for Use in Mouse Phenotyping by Niranchana Manivannan, Bradley D. Clymer, Anna Bratasz, Kimerly A. Powell

“…However, interpolation artifacts were observed in SRR images based on orthogonal acquisition geometry, particularly when the slice thickness was greater than six times the inplane voxel size. Reconstructions based on rotational geometry appeared smoother than those based on orthogonal geometry, but they required two times longer to acquire than the orthogonal LR images.…”
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Surface Quality Monitoring and Improvement for Dimensional Metrology in Inline CT by Denoising with Neural Networks and Fast Surface Quality Metric by Faizan Ahmad, Ahmed Baraka, César Cardona-Marin, Steffen Kieß, Dominik Wolfschläger, Robert H. Schmitt, Sven Simon

“…Furthermore, we propose a fast surface quality metric based on the marching cubes algorithm and Hausdorff distance to enable realtime monitoring of voxel dataset quality during continuous CT scans, as required in inline CT. …”
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Automatic Adaptive Algorithm for Delineation of Cerebral-Spinal Fluid Regions for Non-contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetry and Cisternography in Mice by Ryszard Gomolka

“…In its original application, the algorithm provided objective and repeatable delineation of CSF regions in 3D-CISS images of sub-optimal signal-to-noise ratio, acquired with (33 μm)3 isometric voxel dimensions. It allowed revealing subtle differences in CSF volumes between aquaporin-4-null and wild-type littermate mice, showing robustness and reliability. …”
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Measurement of inferior colliculus volume based on MRI image stacks and its relationship with age and hearing status. by Pingling Kwok, Otto Gleich, Peter Koch, Gudrun Schenkl, Nina Koch, Christopher Bohr

“…Results suggested that a voxel-based method on routine clinical MRI stacks to determine the volume of the inferior colliculus is possible. …”
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment by G. T. Stebbins, C. M. Murphy

“…Recent studies have exploited inter-voxel directional similarities to develop models of white matter pathways, and have used these models to assess the integrity of inter-cerebral connections. …”
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