Calibrating large-area mask projection stereolithography for its accuracy and resolution improvements

20th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 82-97

  Zhou, Chi ^a   Chen, Yong ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; PIXELS;

APPROXIMATION FUNCTION; DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING; DIGITAL MICRO-MIRROR DEVICE; GEOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; MASK IMAGE PROJECTIONS; OPTIMIZED PIXEL BLENDING; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT; SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84898486181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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