The phrase "alignment index" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a measure or metric that indicates the degree of alignment between different elements, such as in data analysis or project management.
Example: "The alignment index showed a significant improvement in team collaboration over the past quarter."
Alternatives: "alignment metric" or "alignment score".
This tool assembled the BAM (binary alignment map) and BAI (binary alignment index) files and aligned them to the rCRS using TMAP Smith Waterman alignment algorithm [22].
These individuals included 827 samples of the 1000 Genomes Phase 1 data collection, while the remaining 415 were additional individuals (Additional File 1), listed within the 2012-05-22 exome alindexnt index [ 27], which comprised all the exome samples aligned by the Consortium until then.
Fast Fourier transform analysis showed that the collagen fibers' orientation changed from random (alignment index = 0.047 ± 0.029, n = 40) after 1 h into concordant with that of the SMCs (alignment index = 0.379 ± 0.098, P < 0.0001, n = 40) after 24 h.
Using the Smaller Alignment Index (SALI) chaos indicator, we are able to show that the controlled system has a dynamical aperture up to 1.7 times larger than the original model.
Under mechanical stretch the migration directionality index of SMCs is 46.3% more than those cells without external stretch; the dynamic direction of cell protrusion is aligned to that of the mechanical force; SMCs showed directional matrix remodeling and the alignment index calculated from the matrix in front of cell protrusions is about 3 fold of that adjacent to cell bodies.
Garden alignment index is the yard stick of reduction [10].
If the maps are similar, alignment indexes will distributed with a sharp peak towards 1.
Random distribution was marked on the histograms of the group maps alignment indexes with red line for comparison.
Alignment indexes of the test-retest comparison (Fig. 4G) were highly significant (right hemisphere 0.93±0.9, p<0.00001, left hemisphere 0.9±0.08, p<0.00001).
Maps' similarity can also be implied from the distribution of the alignment indexes (marked in black in Fig.4G).
A peak towards index value of 1 implies high similarity between the maps, compared with linearly increase of random distribution of alignment indexes (in red line).
