Sentence examples for a reference threshold from inspiring English sources

These results confirm that the liver metabolism can be used as the reference organ for quality comparison of repeated [18F]FDG-PET studies in the same patient, or as a reference threshold for evaluating tumor response.

Indeed, a comparison of the amplitude of the fault signatory components with a reference threshold (threshold calculated when the machine is healthy) is used to detect the presence of an abnormality in the rotor electrical circuits.

The methodology is based on the computation of a reference threshold from the residue generated between the states of the system and the filter estimates such that when the residue takes values higher than this reference threshold the uncertain system is considered in fault.

This can be extended (Richardson et al. 2004) to decision rules "for classifying whether (an area) has an increased risk based on how much of the posterior distribution of the relative risk parameter … exceeds a reference threshold" (Best et al. 2005).

For instance, a 100-mm VAS has been validated for preoperative anxiety in the field of dental care, where authors have found a significant correlation with STAI scores, with a reference threshold for anxiety around 50 mm (corresponding to STAI-s 40) [39].

Thus, it seems sensible to take R0 = 1 as a reference threshold.

are compared with an assumed reference threshold.

The set of reference distances L includes all pairs of corresponding atoms, which, in all reference structures, lie at a distance closer than the reference threshold Ro.

Furthermore, the summary estimates of positive and negative likelihood ratio's for individual symptoms and signs at each of the three threshold levels are presented in Table 5. Six symptoms are identified as having useful diagnostic value at a reference standard threshold of ≥ 102 CFU/ml, as their 95% confidence interval values do not cross the line of no effect.

Since normal breast tissue was to be used as a reference, a threshold needed to be determined above which a gene would be labeled as differentially expressed.

For safety assessment, the warfarin effect at an INR of 3 was used as a reference (upper threshold, red shaded area).