Research Data Repository of Saxon Universities

OPARA is the Open Access Repository and Archive for Research Data of Saxon Universities.


Researchers of Saxon Universities can either publish their research data on OPARA, or archive it here to comply with requirements of funding acencies and good scientic practice, without public access.

You can find the documentation of this service at the ZIH Data Compendium websites. If you need suppourt using OPARA please contact the Servicedesk of TU Dresden.

Please note: The OPARA service was recently upgraded to a new technical platform (this site). Previously stored data will not be available here immediately. It can be found at the still active old version of OPARA. These stock data will be migrated in near future and then the old version of OPARA will finally be shut down. Existing DOIs for data publications remain valid.

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Recent Submissions

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2D Imaging Simulation from 3D Particle Data: Python Notebooks, Particle Datasets, and Simulation Results
(Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 2024-05-14) Buchwald, Thomas; Ditscherlein, Ralf
2D projection imaging techniques are simulated with 3D particle data from tomography measurements. This submission contains three distinct parts: original particle data, Python notebooks to simulate 2D imaging of the particles, and the resulting simulation dataset. The particle data comes as STLs that have been converted from VTK particle data as provided by the PARROT database (https://parrot.tu-freiberg.de/). The STL files are *not* identical with the STLs provided by PARROT as of May 2024! The particle data folder is provided as separate archive because of its large size. The Python notebooks were created with Jupyter Lab and Anaconda. A environment.yml file is provided that recreates the Anaconda environment. The simulation dataset that results from the provided Python notebooks is made available as CSV files or as pickled Python (pandas) DataFrames. Please refer to the included Readme for a detailed description of the files contained in the archive.
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PGT Prompt Gamma Timing PETsys data for publication at IKTP (PGT)
(Technische Universität Dresden, 2024-05-14) Novgorodova, Olga; Straessner, Arno; Hentges, Rainer; Glatte, Andreas; Lutz, Benjamin; Roemer, Katja; Teichmann, Thobias; Koegler, Toni
Proton therapy requires range verification in order to exploit its full potential. One of the most promising approaches is to monitor prompt gamma-rays produced by nuclear interactions of the therapeutic particles in the patient tissues. In our paper, we test PETsys electronics with a detector with a wide energy range from 100 keV to 15 MeV. We tested what time resolution we could achieve as a high time resolution is required to achieve millimetric precision in the proton range. PETsys should survive high count rates and the fraction of pile-up events should be low or separatable. We are investigating a full acceptance approach with increased granularity in order to reduce the size of the scintillators and consequently the count rate per channel. Ideally, we want to stack the scintillators in matrices that require suitable multi-channel photo-multipliers and a fitting acquisition system. Here, we present two geometries of CeBr3 crystals 5 × 5 × 20 mm3 and 10 × 10 × 30 mm3, together with modern silicon photo-multipliers (SiPM) adapted to work with the PETsys TOFPET2 ASIC. The TOFPET2 ASIC was developed for Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET) applications. Here are our data measured for the publication for time resolution and coincidence time resolution, energy resolution with AmBe source, and dead time studies.
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Traffic Light Data of Hamburg collected in September and October 2023 (Observations from SensorThings API)
(Technische Universität Dresden, 2024-05-03) Jeschor, Daniel Maik; Matthes, Philipp; Springer, Thomas; Pape, Sebastian; Fröhlich, Sven
Real-time traffic light data collected from the Traffic Lights Data system in Hamburg from September to October 2023. The collected data was recorded under application of the Data license Germany (Attribution: Version 2.0 (https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 (retrieved on January 24, 2024)). It is provided by the the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (LSBG). The data source can be found under: https://metaver.de/trefferanzeige?docuuid=AB32CF78-389A-4579-9C5E-867EF31CA225 (retrieved on January 24, 2024).
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Supplementary data of publication: "In-line Image Analysis of Particulate Processes with Deep Learning: Optimizing Training Data Generation via Copy-Paste Augmentation"
(Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 2024-04-26) Daus, Sarah
This dataset contains the supplementary data of the open-access publication "In-line Image Analysis of Particulate Processes with Deep Learning: Optimizing Training Data Generation via Copy-Paste Augmentation". It provides all the necessary data and scripts to replicate the results of the study and to further use the synthetic data generation to train one's own deep learning image segmentation model. The original scripts have been slightly modified to make them more suitable for general use, e.g. parameters have been passed to an argument parser instead of hard-coding them whenever possible. Abstract of Paper: Monitoring particle properties directly in the process using in-situ microscopy can provide valuable input to control loops, improve process understanding and facilitate process optimization. However, obtaining reliable information from these images remains a challenge, especially for higher solids concentrations or agglomerating systems. Recent studies have successfully applied deep learning models to extract particle characteristics from in-situ image data. Despite these advances, the problem of generating training data has not been properly addressed. Manual annotation is time-consuming and prone to bias due to high particle counts, particle overlap, and out-of-focus objects. This paper presents a new approach to generate training data for segmentation models by combining conventional segmentation methods with copy-paste augmentation. A case study was conducted in which depth filtration experiments were performed on irregularly shaped alumina particles. An instance segmentation model trained on data generated using the proposed approach successfully detected and characterized particles, even at high solids concentrations.
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Extended Phase-Field Method (XPFM) - Data corresponding to publication: "An enriched phase-field method for the efficient simulation of fracture processes" by Loehnert et al. (2023)
(Technische Universität Dresden, 2024-04-22) Curosu, Verena
This dataset contains the numerical values corresponding to the graphs within the scientific (open-access) contribution "An enriched phase-field method for the efficient simulation of fracture processes" by Loehnert et al. (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-023-02285-z). Abstract of Paper: The efficient simulation of complex fracture processes is still a challenging task. In this contribution, an enriched phase-field method for the simulation of 2D fracture processes is presented. It has the potential to drastically reduce computational cost compared to the classical phase-field method (PFM). The method is based on the combination of a phase-field approach with an ansatz transformation for the simulation of fracture processes and an enrichment technique for the displacement field as it is used in the extended finite element method (XFEM) or generalised finite element method (GFEM). This combination allows for the application of significantly coarser meshes than it is possible in PFM while still obtaining accurate solutions. In contrast to classical XFEM / GFEM, the presented method does not require level set techniques or explicit representations of crack geometries, considerably simplifying the simulation of crack initiation, propagation, and coalescence. The efficiency and accuracy of this new method is shown in 2D simulations.