Sentences with phrase «diagnostic performance of»

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.

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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 prevePerformance 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 preveperformance 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.