The phrase "adapted to exclude" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that has been modified or changed in a way that intentionally leaves out certain elements or groups.
Example: "The new policy was adapted to exclude individuals who do not meet the minimum qualifications."
Alternatives: "modified to omit" or "altered to leave out".
When parametric map depicted high heterogeneity in the area, the ROI was adapted to exclude nonrepresentative areas.
Tamesberger and Bacher (2014) asked whether the NEET indicator should be adapted to exclude young mothers with care responsibilities who are not actively looking for a job, which would reduce the heterogeneity significantly.
The Valued Living Questionnaire [ 39] will be adapted to exclude items assessing the importance of each life domain.
Although it was not necessary for this particular data set, the algorithm that chooses the care model can be adapted to exclude any exact matches in demographics, ICD-9 codes, syndromes and sub-syndromes from consideration.
After reading all full-text articles, the protocol was adapted to exclude all studies based on revision surgery, in view of the high number of confounders associated with patients in this group.
The research used this with a movie - with the colours being adapted to include or exclude cyan - and found changes in viewers' sleepiness and levels of melatonin in saliva.
A dedicated free-hand volume of interest (VOI) was drawn around the whole tumor in the lung window and adapted to its borders, trying to exclude necrotic tumor areas, in all three planes to ensure reliable perfusion measurements [18].
Two studies, which defined food groups in a manner that could not be adapted to this analysis, were excluded (Katsouyanni et al, 1986; Lubin et al, 1986).
Higher education was systematically created to exclude marginalized groups and the structure has not adapted to support a changing student body.
Other companies, including SSE, RWE npower, Centrica and EDF, were equally opposed to rules on reusing heat, although Scottish Power suggested the proposal could be adapted so as to exclude sites where it would be ineffective or unviable.
Comorbidity was classified using the Charlson index (15), adapted in order to exclude diabetes and the index cancer as predictor variables.
