The view planning problem, also known as the next-bestview (NBV) problem, for object reconstruction and inspection has been shown to be isomorphic to the set covering problem which is NP-Complete. In this paper we express a theoretical framework for the NBV problem as an integer programming problem including a registration constraint. Experimental view planning results using a modi ed greedy se...

This paper describes a proposed operational architecture for a planetary worksite mapping mission concept. To map three-dimensional (3D) planetary terrain, we propose to use a rover equipped with a laser rangefinder, and employ a stop-scan-go approach with a human-inthe-loop. In the operational cycle, the rover collects locally consistent 3D range data while stationary. The range data are coupl...

This paper presents an automatic multi-view selection approach for 3D reconstruction by means of a laser scanning vision system. It is realized based on the visual region of the laser scanning vision system. The candidate next best view (NBV) position is obtained by computing the unknown space area according to the limit visual region of the vision system. The final NBV position, which can acqu...

Purpose: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have a lower cerebral blood flow (CBF) compared to the general elderly population. It is still not fully understood whether this decreased CBF reflects neurodegeneration, or rather is the consequence of comorbid cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). We aimed to investigate the independent associations of normalized brain volume (NBV) and white matt...

OBJECTIVE The present study describes the effect of nebivolol (NBV) either alone or in combination with lamotrigine (LTG) using increasing current electroshock seizures (ICES) model in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male albino mice of Swiss strain each weighing 18-30 g were used. Lamotrigine (Lamitor tablets, Torrent; 1.5 and 3.0 mg/kg) and NBV (Nebicard tablets, Torrent; 0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg) we...

To better understand whether decreased cerebral blood flow (CBF) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) reflects neurodegeneration or cerebral small vessel disease, we investigated the associations of normalized brain volume (NBV) and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume with CBF. We included 129 patients with AD (66 ± 7 years, 53% female) and 61 age-matched controls (64 ± 5 years, 43% f...

This study tested the hypothesis that acute hyperglycemia reduces sciatic nerve blood flow in Sprague-Dawley rats. Anesthetized rats underwent cannulation of their right jugular vein (for anesthetic/nutrient/drug infusion) and right carotid artery (for continuous blood pressure measurement via pressure transducer). The left sciatic nerve was exposed and nerve blood velocity (NBV) was assessed f...

The cerebellum is known to be involved not only in motor but also cognitive and affective processes. Structural changes in the cerebellum in relation to cognitive dysfunction are an emerging topic in the field of neuro-psychiatric disorders. In Multiple Sclerosis (MS) cerebellar motor and cognitive dysfunction occur in parallel, early in the onset of the disease, and the cerebellum is one of th...

Previous studies of the avian reovirus strain S1133 (ARV-S1133) S1 genome segment revealed that the open reading frame (ORF) encoding the final sigmaC viral cell attachment protein initiates over 600 nucleotides distal from the 5' end of the S1 mRNA and is preceded by two predicted small nonoverlapping ORFs. To more clearly define the translational properties of this unusual polycistronic RNA, ...

The problem of planning the Next Best View (NBV) still poses many questions. However, the achieved methods and algorithms are hard to compare, since researchers use their own test objects for planning and reconstruction and compute specific quality measures. Consequently, these numbers make different statements about different objects. Thus, the quality of the results and the performance of the...