scholarly journals The Body Volume Index (BVI): Using 3D Scanners to Measure and Predict Obesity

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Barnes
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Volume Index ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
3D Scanners

Muscle strain histories in swimming milkfish in steady and sprinting gaits

1999 ◽  
Vol 202 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Katz ◽  
R.E. Shadwick ◽  
H.S. Rapoport
Keyword(s):  
White Muscle ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
Muscle Strain ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Speed Range ◽  
Local Body

Adult milkfish (Chanos chanos) swam in a water-tunnel flume over a wide range of speeds. Fish were instrumented with sonomicrometers to measure shortening of red and white myotomal muscle. Muscle strain was also calculated from simultaneous overhead views of the swimming fish. This allowed us to test the hypothesis that the muscle shortens in phase with local body bending. The fish swam at slow speeds [U<2.6 fork lengths s-1 (=FL s-1)] where only peripheral red muscle was powering body movements, and also at higher speeds (2. 6>U>4.6 FL s-1) where they adopted a sprinting gait in which the white muscle is believed to power the body movements. For all combinations of speeds and body locations where we had simultaneous measurements of muscle strain and body bending (0.5 and 0.7FL), both techniques were equivalent predictors of muscle strain histories. Cross-correlation coefficients for comparisons between these techniques exceeded 0.95 in all cases and had temporal separations of less than 7 ms on average. Muscle strain measured using sonomicrometry within the speed range 0.9-2.6 FL s-1 showed that muscle strain did not increase substantially over that speed range, while tail-beat frequency increased by 140 %. While using a sprinting gait, muscle strains became bimodal, with strains within bursts being approximately double those between bursts. Muscle strain calculated from local body bending for a range of locations on the body indicated that muscle strain increases rostrally to caudally, but only by less than 4 %. These results suggest that swimming muscle, which forms a large fraction of the body volume in a fish, undergoes a history of strain that is similar to that expected for a homogeneous, continuous beam. This has been an implicit assumption for many studies of muscle function in many fish, but has not been tested explicitly until now. This result is achieved in spite of the presence of complex and inhomogeneous geometry in the folding of myotomes, collagenous myosepta and tendon, and the anatomical distinction between red and white muscle fibers.

VALIDITY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC SCANNING TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATING PERCENT BODY FAT

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
K. SHITARA ◽  
H. KANEHISA ◽  
T. FUKUNAGA ◽  
T. YANAI ◽  
Y. KAWAKAMI
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Lung Volume ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Body ◽  
Percent Body Fat ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Human Body Surface ◽  
Estimated Error

Background:Three-dimensional photonic scanning (3DPS) was recently developed to measuredimensions of a human body surface. Objective:The purpose of this study was to explore the validity of bodyvolume measured by 3DPS for estimating the percent body fat (%fat). Design, setting, participants, andmeasurement:The body volumes were determined by 3DPS in 52 women. The body volume was corrected forresidual lung volume. The %fat was estimated from body density and compared with the corresponding referencevalue determined by the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Results:No significant difference was foundfor the mean values of %fat obtained by 3DPS (22.2 ± 7.6%) and DXA (23.5 ± 4.9%). The root mean squareerror of %fat between 3DPS and reference technique was 6.0%. For each body segment, there was a significantpositive correlation between 3DPS- and DXA-values, although the corresponding value for the head was slightlylarger in 3DPS than in DXA. Residual lung volume was negatively correlated with the estimated error in %fat.Conclusions:The body volume determined with 3DPS is potentially useful for estimating %fat. A possiblestrategy for enhancing the measurement accuracy of %fat might be to refine the protocol for preparing thesubject’s hair prior to scanning and to improve the accuracy in the measurement of residual lung volume.

Modelling skin surface areas involved in water transfer in the Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus)

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 707-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Wardziak ◽  
Laurent Oxarango ◽  
Sébastien Valette ◽  
Laurent Mahieu-Williame ◽  
Pierre Joly
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Skin Surface ◽  
Water Transfer ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
3D Analysis ◽  
Evaporative Water ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Lissotriton Helveticus ◽  
Palmate Newt

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based 3D reconstructions were used to derive accurate quantitative data on body volume and functional skin surface areas involved in water transfer in the Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus (Razoumovsky, 1789)). Body surface area can be functionally divided into evaporative surface area that interacts with the atmosphere and controls the transepidermal evaporative water loss (TEWL); ventral surface area in contact with the substratum that controls transepidermal water absorption (TWA); and skin surface area in contact with other skin surfaces when amphibians adopt water-conserving postures. We generated 3D geometries of the newts via volume-rendering by a “segmentation” process carried out using a graph-cuts algorithm and a Web-based interface. The geometries reproduced the two postures adopted by the newts, i.e., an I-shaped posture characterized by a straight body without tail coiling and an S-shaped posture where the body is huddled up with the tail coiling along it. As a guide to the quality of the surface area estimations, we compared measurements of TEWL rates between living newts and their agar replicas (reproducing their two postures) at 20 °C and 60% relative humidity. Whereas the newts did not show any physiological adaptations to restrain evaporation, they expressed an efficient S-shaped posture with a resulting water economy of 22.9%, which is very close to the 23.6% reduction in evaporative surface area measured using 3D analysis.

PSXIII-16 Comparison of models for prediction of pig body weight using features from an autonomous 3D computer vision system

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 475-476
Author(s):  
Arthur Francisco Araujo Fernandes ◽  
João R R Dorea ◽  
Robert Fitzgerald ◽  
William O Herring
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Vision System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Depth Images ◽  
3D Computer Vision ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Fully Connected

Abstract Computer vision systems (CVS) have many applications in livestock, for example, they allow measuring traits of interest without the need for directly handling the animals, avoiding unnecessary animal stress. The objective in the current study was to devise an automated CVS for extraction of variables as body measurements and shape descriptors in pigs using depth images. These features were then tested as potential predictors of live body weight (BW) using a 5-fold cross validation (CV) with different modeling approaches: traditional multiple linear regression (LR), partial least squares (PLS), elastic networks (EL), and artificial neural networks (ANN). The devised CVS could analyze and extract features from a video fed at a rate of 12 frames per second. This resulted in a dataset with more than 32 thousand frames from 655 pigs. However, only the 580 pigs with more than 5 frames recorded were used for the development of the predictive models. From the body measures extracted from the images, body volume, area and length presented the highest correlations with BW, while widths and heights were highly correlated with each other (Figure 1). The results of the CV of the models developed for predictions of BW using a selected set of the more significant variables presented mean absolute errors (MAE) of 3.92, 3.78, 3.72, and 2.57 for PLS, LR, EN, and ANN respectively (Table 1). In conclusion, the CVS developed can automatically extract relevant variables from 3D images and a fully connected ANN with 6 hidden layers presented the overall best predictive results for BW.

scholarly journals Body volume modeling by linear features of the Irmen type cattle

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
A. F. Petrov ◽  
E. V. Kamaldinov ◽  
O. D. Panferova ◽  
O. V. Efremova ◽  
V. A. Rogozin
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Complex Trait ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Linear Features ◽  
Volume Response ◽  
Volume Modeling ◽  
High Level

The results of modeling the variability of the complex trait "body volume" by linear traits measured on a 10-point scale in accordance with the current instructions for cattle grading of dairy and dairy-beef breeds are presented. The object of research is the complex indicator "body volume" of Irmen type cattle. The exterior of the livestock was evaluated by experts on a collegial basis. The models obtained made it possible to identify a group of exterior features associated with the variability of the studied trait and to identify errors in the work of the evaluators. The tasks were solved using multiple linear, polynomial, power and logarithmic regression models. It was found that multiple linear regression models accurately describe the norm reaction of the body volume response. Residue distribution diagrams made it possible to control the quality of appraisers' assessment and adjust their further work. The logarithmic model was marked as closest to linear. The residues in most cases turned out to be close to zero, which was explained by the low level of variability of the traits used. It was revealed that the use of different levels of power orders in modeling the variability of the body volume in points can lead to the emergence of biologically inexplicable relationships with such linear features as the location of the front teats, the location of the rear teats, attachment of the anterior lobes and the position of the bottom of the udder. The construction of the scatter diagram revealed a high level of variation in the residues and led to the conclusion that it was inexpedient to introduce power series models into the practical work of livestock breeders. The insignificant contribution of the studied linear features to the variation of the complex feature under study is shown. High intra-group variance in the construction of second- and fourth-order polynomial models was reflected in the lowest values of the Fisher criterion.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY INCREASING THE NOMINAL VOLUME OF THE BODY WHEN PERFORMING GRAIN HARVESTING OPERATIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 122-128
Author(s):  
А.С. СТЕПАШКИНА
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
The Body ◽  
Total Weight ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Dump Truck ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Grain Crops ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
Comparative Results

Проблема и цель. Целью исследования явилось изучение опытным и расчетным путем повышения производительности и увеличения эффективности использования автотранспортных средств за счёт увеличения номинального объема транспортного средства при использовании деревянных наставных бортов при осуществлении перевозок зерновых культур на примере пшеницы, ячменя и ржи при выполнении зерноуборочных работ. Методология. На основании расчетных показателей произведен анализ эффективности использования увеличенного объема кузова автосамосвала КамАЗ 65115 за счет применения деревянных наставных бортов высотой 0,3 м по четырем сторонам кузова. Проведен расчет таких показателей, как суммарная масса перевозимой продукции, производительность автомобиля при перевозке зерновых культур (пшеницы, ячменя и ржи) в соответствующих единицах. Проведен сравнительный анализ полученных результатов и сделаны соответствующие выводы. Результаты. На основании проведенных расчётов и экспериментов получены данные для сравнения результатов. Так, расчетным путем доказана эффективность применения наставных деревянных бортов для увеличения номинального объема кузова автомобиля, задействованного в перевозках зерновых культур. Увеличение объема кузова на 3 м³ при перевозках пшеницы позволило сократить простои автомобиля на 0,9 ч, при этом суммарная масса перевезенной продукции увеличилось на 20%, показатели производительности в соответствующих единицах также увеличились. Несущественное увеличение производительности за счет использования наставных бортов отмечено и при перевозках ячменя, при этом суммарная масса перевезённой продукции увеличилась на 4,7 %. Использование наставных бортов при перевозках ржи позволило увеличить суммарную массу на 3,3 %, при этом показатели производительности ухудшились. Problem and purpose. The purpose of the study was to study the experimental and calculated way to increase the productivity and increase the efficiency of the use of motor vehicles by increasing the nominal volume of the vehicle when using wooden lifting boards when transporting grain crops, for example, wheat, barley and rye when performing grain harvesting operations. Methodology. Based on the calculated indicators, the analysis of the efficiency of using the increased body volume of the KAMAZ 65115 dump truck due to the use of wooden lifting boards with a height of 0.3 m on the four sides of the body was carried out. The calculation of such indicators as the total weight of the transported products, the performance of the car when transporting grain crops (wheat, barley and rye) in the corresponding units is carried out. A comparative analysis of the results obtained and the corresponding conclusions are made. Results. Based on the calculations and experimental experiments, the results for comparative results are obtained. Thus, the effectiveness of the use of removable wooden sides to increase the nominal volume of the car body involved in the transportation of grain crops has been proved by calculation. The increase of the body by 3 m³ during the transportation of wheat allowed to reduce the downtime of the car by 0.9 hours, while the total weight of the transported products increased by 20%, the performance indicators in the corresponding units also increased. An insignificant increase in productivity due to the use of lifting boards was also noted in the transportation of barley, while the total weight of the transported products increased by 4.7%. The use of lifting boards in the transportation of rye allowed an increase in the total weight by 3.3%, while productivity indicators deteriorated.

Simulation of three-dimensional female body shapes with proportional representation for various weights and heights

SIMULATION ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (11) ◽  
pp. 851-866
Author(s):  
Chanjira Sinthanayothin ◽  
Wisarut Bholsithi ◽  
Duangrat Gansawat ◽  
Nonlapas Wongwaen ◽  
Piyanut Xuto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Proportions ◽  
Body Proportion ◽  
3D Scanners ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Body Shapes ◽  
The Relationship

Obesity is a significant factor in health information and increases the risk of health problems. Hence, an application that can help users to monitor their body mass index (BMI) timelines is needed. The simulation of a personalized 3D body shape may encourage women to control their BMI for a healthy body and pleasant appearance. Therefore, this paper aims to develop computerized 3D models of female shapes for various weights and heights, and consists of three important parts. First, the preparation of six avatars is described. Second, the body proportions of 6767 female datasets are analyzed to find the relationship of variables in various weights and heights. Last, 3D morphing of different female shapes is developed and analyzed experimentally for appropriate morphing parameters. Accuracy tests are carried out in three ways. First, body proportions calculated using the Z-Size Ladies application, called “Z-Size calculations,” are compared with the body proportions of data obtained from 3D scanners. Second, the Z-Size calculations are compared with tape measurements. Last, the Z-Size calculations are compared with measurements of Z-Size 3D morph models. The results of accuracy tests are shown as the relationship graphs between the BMI and body proportion measurements of chest, waist, hip, and inseam. Bland–Altman plots and Pearson correlation calculation show high correlation. In conclusion, the data obtained from the Z-Size calculations, 3D Scanner, tape measurements, and Z-Size morph models’ measurements are in good agreement and are highly correlated. The simulation of 3D female shapes for different weights and heights as proposed shows good performance and high accuracy.

The Structure and Function of the Basement Membrane Muscle System in Amphiporus lactifloreus (Nemertea)

1952 ◽  
Vol s3-93 (21) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
J. B. COWEY
Keyword(s):  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Circular Cross Section ◽  
The Body ◽  
Minimum Length ◽  
Muscle Fibres ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Elliptical Cross ◽  
Sectional Shape

The body wall of A. lactifloreus has the following structure from the outside inwards. (i) A basement membrane of five to six layers immediately underlying the epithelium. Each layer consists of right-hand and left-hand geodesic fibres making a lattice, whose constituent parallelograms have a side length of from 5 to 6µ. The fibres are attached to one another where they cross; so there can be no slipping relative to one another. (ii) A layer of circular muscle-fibres running round the animal containing two systems of argyrophil fibres--one of fibres at intervals of 10µ. running parallel to the muscle-fibres and the other of fibres running radially through the layer from the basement membrane to the myoseptum. (iii) A myoseptum which is identical in structure with a single layer of the basement membrane (iv) A layer of longitudinal muscle, whose fibres are arranged in layers on each side of a series of longitudinal radial membranes. Membranes identical in structure with the basement membrane invest the nerve cords, the gut, the gonads, and the proboscis. The interrelations of argyrophil and muscle-fibres in the muscle layers is described and their functioning discussed. The system of inextensible geodesic fibres is analysed from a functional standpoint. The maximum volume enclosed by a cylindrical element (cross-section circular), of such a length that the geodesic makes one complete turn round it, varies with the value of the angle θ between the fibres and the longitudinal axis. When θ is 0° the volume is zero; it increases to a maximum when θ is 54° 44' and decreases again to zero when θ is 90°. The length of the element under these conditions varies from zero when θ is 90° to a maximum (the length of one turn of the geodesic) when θ is 0°. The body-volume of the worm is constant. Thus it has a maximum and minimum length when its cross-section is circular, and at any length between these values its cross-section becomes more or less elliptical. It is maximally elliptical when θ is 54° 44', i.e. when the volume the system could contain, at circular cross-section, is maximal. From measurements of the ratio of major to minor axes of this maximally elliptical cross-section, the maximum and minimum lengths of the worm relative to the relaxed length and values of θ at maximum and minimum length are calculated. The worm is actually unable to contract till its cross-section is circular; but measurements of its cross-sectional shape at the minimum length it can attain, permit calculation of the theoretical length and value of θ for this cross-sectional shape. Calculated values of length and the angle 6 agree well with the directly observed values.

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