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Voxel-Based Body Modification Software which Preserves Internal Organs and Structures

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: F33615-01-C-6071
Agency Tracking Number: 001HE-1711
Amount: $0.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
315 S. Allen St., Suite 222
State College, PA 16801
United States
DUNS: 945483733
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Christopher Penney
 Electromagnetic Analyst
 (636) 536-1205
 cwp@remcom.com
Business Contact
 Raymond Luebbers
Title: President
Phone: (814) 861-1299
Email: rjl@remcom.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

The interaction of radio frequency electromagnetic energy with the human body is best computed with finite difference methods. For good accuracy, especially at higher frequencies, the human body description requires many millions of individual voxels. Thevoxels fill the entire volume of the body and describe both the outer surface and interior organs of the body. Making one detailed voxel mesh of the human body is a significant project that may take years of effort. The result will be a voxel mesh foronly one position of the body. However, different applications require the body limbs to be repositioned. The body might be seated, keeling, standing, or holding a cellular phone. Modifying the voxel mesh of the body to the new positions whilemaintaining the integrity of the internal organs is a difficult task, beyond the capabilities of currently-available computer aided design software. During the Phase I effort an approach to this problem was demonstrated by rotating the 1mm voxel anklejoint and demonstrating continuity of the rotated nerves and blood vessels. In this effort the complete ability to manipulate large three-dimensional voxel-based meshes, primarily of the human body, while maintaining the fidelity of the mesh, will bedeveloped.

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