This article by Hsu et al from the NIH shows promising diagnostic accuracy for a new fully automatic, pixel-wise, quantitative stress perfusion by CMR:
Diagnostic Performance of Fully Automated Pixel-Wise Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion Imaging by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.
Table 2 ⇓ summarises
the diagnostic performance of the sequencing test for detecting fetal trisomy 21.
The outcomes of interest were also a priori determined by the Panel and included prostate cancer incidence, mortality, quality of life,
the diagnostic performance of each of the tests and the harms of testing (premature death and complications from testing and biopsy).
Their paper, «MR - guided Near Infrared Spectral Tomography Increases
Diagnostic Performance of Breast MRI,» was published in Clinical Cancer Research.
Viviane Calice - Silva, MD, PhD (Pro-Kidney Foundation, Brazil) and her colleagues evaluated
the diagnostic performance of a salivary urea nitrogen (SUN) dipstick, in Malawi, a low resource country in Africa.
In «Evaluation of 18F - Fluoride PET / MR and PET / CT in Patients with Foot Pain of Unclear Cause,» researchers compared the quality and
diagnostic performance of 18F - fluoride PET / MR to those of 18F - fluoride PET / CT in 22 patients for whom the specific diagnosis was inconclusive after clinical examination and radiography.
Not exact matches
In 2009, for example, the German government amended its rules so that inspections
of emissions
performance would be based solely on readings from a car's own «onboard
diagnostic» system, effectively ceding total control to the automakers.
Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance
of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness
of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our
performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature
of competition from other cancer screening and
diagnostic products and services; the effects
of the adoption, modification or repeal
of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects
of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result
of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act
of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations sections
of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.
Simulated
performance of the optical Thomson scattering
diagnostic designed for the National Ignition Facility
The laboratory team's main responsibilities include parasitological
diagnostics and the
performance of laboratory tests.
While some research was previously done by his and other groups on a smaller scale, «This is the first real description
of a method that could be used broadly across a range
of conditions to operationally measure
diagnostic errors and associated bad outcomes so that we can track our
performance and see whether our interventions are making a difference,» Newman - Toker says.
The method uses statistical analyses to identify critical patterns that measure the rate
of diagnostic error and could be incorporated into
diagnostic performance dashboards.
The Institute hopes to eventually obtain viral isolates for medical countermeasure development and receive data on the
performance of the
diagnostic assays.
In addition to achieving success in improving the
performance of the negative hydrogen ion source, we clarified experimentally detailed physical phenomena related to negative ion source plasma by using numerous
diagnostics to investigate negative ion source plasma from numerous directions.
We also demonstrate that cutoff values above the lower limit
of detection may not have the required
diagnostic performance for clinical implementation,» the authors write.
Among other aspects, this applies to
diagnostics and measures in primary therapy: The guidelines address the
performance of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in specific therapeutic indications, explicitly advising against routine MRI scans.
In the first study
of its kind, Dr. Alhilali and colleagues assessed the
performance of Shannon entropy as a
diagnostic tool in concussion patients with and without post-traumatic migraines.
Comparative field
performance and adherence to test results
of four malaria rapid
diagnostic tests among febrile patients more than five years
of age in Blantyre, Malawi
A key strength
of the study is that the
diagnostic performance was compared against full karyotyping, which is the gold standard for aneuploidy diagnosis.
The objective
of this study is to validate the
diagnostic performance and practical feasibility
of massively parallel genomic sequencing for the non-invasive prenatal assessment
of trisomy 21 in a large number
of pregnancies that have undergone conventional screening and were clinically indicated for definitive testing by amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling.
To determine its suitability as a first tier screening test would require formal investigation
of both its
diagnostic performance and cost benefit.
Curetis N.V. (the «Company» and, together with Curetis USA Inc. and Curetis GmbH, «Curetis»), a developer
of next - level molecular
diagnostic solutions, today announced the successful completion
of clinical
performance evaluation and CE - IVD marking
of its novel Unyvero Application Cartridge, UTI, for the diagnosis
of severe urinary tract infections.
Under the HydroGen EMN initiative, INL would work together with industry, university, and National Laboratory partners in the characterization and optimization
of SOEC material sets for improved
performance and durability utilizing advanced technologies such as computational materials engineering, additive manufacturing, and advanced
diagnostics.
Prior to Joining MHRP, Dr. Manak was the Chief Scientist
of SeraCare Life Sciences Inc., where he led the development
of seroconversion and
performance panels widely used by the in vitro
diagnostics community for development, evaluation and validation
of in vitro
diagnostic assays used in screening and monitoring
of infectious diseases.
The university offers a Doctor
of Chiropractic degree program; a master's and residency program in
Diagnostic Imaging; master's programs in Exercise and Sport Science; Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine; and Sports Medicine; and master's and doctoral programs in Sport and
Performance Psychology.
Performance Medicine is a sub-specialty of clinical and diagnostic medicine that aims to maximize human performance in terms of endurance, physical fitness, metabolic efficiency and the ability to resist, postpone or preve
Performance Medicine is a sub-specialty
of clinical and
diagnostic medicine that aims to maximize human
performance in terms of endurance, physical fitness, metabolic efficiency and the ability to resist, postpone or preve
performance in terms
of endurance, physical fitness, metabolic efficiency and the ability to resist, postpone or prevent disease.
The typology includes logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which have underlying algorithms with a story wrapper that amounts to an algorithmic problem), rule - using problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault and eliminating a problem space), diagnosis - solution problems (characteristic
of medical school and involving small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing
diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic
performance, case analysis (characteristic
of law or business school and involving adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values and which may have no obvious solutions).
Trobe said: «It is important that the results
of these tests are
diagnostic and used to support the work
of the teachers and do not become yet another
performance indicator on which to measure schools.»
The typology includes: logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which are algorithmic problems with a story wrapper), «rule - using» problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault, eliminating a problem space), «diagnosis - solution» problems (characteristic
of medical school, which involve small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing
diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic -
performance, case analysis (characteristic
of law or business school, which involve adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values, and which may have no solutions).
Multiple - choice achievement tests have their uses, but so do
diagnostic tests,
performance tasks, informal assessments, and other means
of tracking student progress.
They may be customized for individual students, enabling them to take fewer questions that are better geared to their level
of performance, potentially increasing both the efficiency and the
diagnostic value
of the tests.
A few talked about the development
of diagnostic and formative assessments, aligned with state and district curriculum standards, used by teachers to track student
performance.
The PARCC assessment system is a cohesive set
of tests that students will take during the school year that include summative (
performance - based and short - answer questions) and non-summative components (
diagnostic, midyear, and speaking and listening tools).
The role
of diagnostic data is to fill in gaps about student learning
performance so that the team has a complete understanding
of what the student does and does not know.
This includes
diagnostic tests, construction
of classroom tests, observation techniques, and
performance measures; norm - and criterion - referenced assessment; uses
of standardized tests; and the current issues and controversies surrounding classroom assessment.
Using assessments, classroom
performance and other designated evaluation and
diagnostic tools to assess the progress
of students, and drive instruction and intervention
Give students a
diagnostic assessment or
performance task that is directly aligned to how they will be assessed at the end
of the year.
«But she is part
of the government that is adhering to that target, but remember the target is one
diagnostic indicator among many others such as GCSE
performance and closing the attainment gap and school categorisation and Estyn inspections.»
Bring all
of your key
performance data together in one place — from discipline to
diagnostics to state test scores — along with your district benchmarks for a holistic view.
The reasons O'Hara listed to opt - out were numerous: «The hours
of instructional time lost to testing and prepping for the test; linking it to an invalid curriculum lacking empirical evidence therefore invalidating the results, setting kids up to fail; the tests serving no
diagnostic purpose; using a child's score to rate a teacher's
performance.»
He decides not to give
diagnostic tests since he feels that the teachers have given him an accurate picture
of his students» current
performance levels («very, very behind»).
The
diagnostic process is designed using NYCLA's systems approach to change, which utilizes an analytical framework that explores the interconnections between various aspects
of a complex system — in this case, a school The
diagnostic process guides school leaders and their teams in uncovering what is beneath student
performance and progress data and in designing an improvement strategy that addresses all
of those layers.
All students also participate in daily instruction through i - Ready, an online program that offers individualized reading and math lessons based on their
performance on end -
of - year
diagnostics.
Analysis
of the student's
performance on separate skills embedded in the assessment can also be conducted for
diagnostic problem - solving to improve the instructional program.
Through the use
of diagnostic scan tools, Technicians also are able to retrieve recorded vehicle
performance history from PCM, leading to quicker and more accurate diagnoses
Owners and operators
of a fleet
of vehicles use these services to monitor driver
performance for unauthorized or unsafe vehicle usage, as well as analyze data such as the current location
of a vehicle, fuel consumption, mileage, emissions status and
diagnostic trouble codes.
When using your Vehicle, UVO eServices automatically (or passively), including, through the use
of telematics, collects and stores information about your Vehicle, such as: (i) information about your Vehicle's operation,
performance and condition, including such things as
diagnostic trouble codes, oil life remaining, tire pressure, fuel economy and odometer readings, battery use management information, battery charging history, battery deterioration information, electrical system functions; (ii) driver behavior information, which is information about how a person drives a Vehicle, such as the actual or approximate speed
of your Vehicle, seat belt use, information about braking habits and information about collisions involving your Vehicle and which air bags have deployed; (iii) information about your use
of the Vehicle and its features, such as whether you have paired a mobile Device with your Vehicle); (iv) the precise geographic location
of your Vehicle; (v) data about remote services we make available such as remote lock / unlock, start / stop charge, parking location, climate control, charge schedules, and Vehicle status check; (vi) when there is a request for service made; and (vii) information about the Vehicle itself (such as the Vehicle identification number (VIN), make, model, model year, selling dealer, servicing dealer, date
of purchase or lease and service history)(collectively, «Vehicle Information»).
This allows for levels
of convenience and vehicle
performance tracking and
diagnostics never before seen, but also puts a larger strain on the battery.
For some automakers, the MAP sensor also serves a
diagnostic function, allowing mechanics to analyze the
performance of the EGR valve.
That outstanding group headed by meister, Walter Campbell is proactive for on time
performance, accurate
diagnostics and quality
of work.