The phrase "affected segments" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to parts of a whole that have been influenced or changed by a particular factor or event.
Example: "The study focused on the affected segments of the population to assess the impact of the new policy."
Alternatives: "impacted areas" or "influenced sections".
Mainly, Aflac is similar to many types of big Japanese companies with a national retail reach, which are each gradually making their way back from the various disruptions, including rolling power blackouts, that have affected segments of their daily operations.
These imaging techniques present better sensitivity in detecting lesions of the middle and distal portions of the internal carotid and vertebral arteries at the level of the C1 and C2 vertebrae [1], which are the most frequently affected segments [3].
Affected segments are detailed in Table 3.
This might mask our results during the follow-up because an increase in plaque burden within already affected segments might not be registered.
If only one lung is diseased, surgical removal of the affected segments can occasionally be performed.
The affected segments with VEST were pelvis, backside, chest and back.
Imaging findings are diagnostic and include faecal impaction with distended affected segment with or without proximal dilatation.
This affected segment is in discontinuity with the rest of the chest wall, leading to collapse on inspiration and expansion upon expiration [2].
The latter can be performed uneventfully if a good collateral network has been developed before IVC occlusion or if it has not affected segment III IVC as it happened in our patient [3,7-9].
There is controversy over lengthening through the affected segment of bone involved in Ollier's disease [6]; in this series, the osteotomy was carried out through pathological bone at the site of the deformity.
Conventional MRI and CT performed in the prone position provide limited information on the functional status of the affected segment as spondylolisthesis with instability may "self-reduce" without a normal axial load.
