Sentence examples for as a reference instrument from inspiring English sources
In this work the analysis of the use of a laser tracker as a reference instrument in calibration and verification procedures for articulated arm coordinate measuring machines (AACMM) with an indexed metrology platform is presented.
First a procedure for the AACMM verification with the indexed metrology platform (IMP) and the laser tracker (LT) used as a reference instrument was defined and the required accuracy of the equipment was assessed.
Finally, the results obtained with both equipment, laser tracker and AACMM with indexed metrology platform, showed that the procedure presented is suitable and that the laser tracker could be considered as a reference instrument for AACMM verification processes when the nominal accuracy of the laser tracker is assured.
The VAS scale is used as a reference instrument to standardize a cut off for the purpose of providing a moderate pain rather than a mild pain.
In our study, we chose the inclinometer as a reference instrument due to its validity, but also because of its higher intertester reproducibility compared to a classical goniometer on the elbow joint.
The subscale global health of the disease-specific HRQoL measure EORTC QLQ-C30 was used as a reference instrument to determine meaningful changes in health and identify subgroups of patients: patients reporting a moderate-large deterioration, small deterioration, a small improvement, moderate-large improvement, or no change in health status.
In such incomplete studies, a Reference Instrument (RI) is applied to unequal sampling fractions of subjects previously identified as positives or negatives by a new Test Instrument (TI+ and TI−).
It has also been used as a reference tool for HRQoL in validation studies of a dermatology-specific instrument [ 51].
Either an ESE-Quant Tube Scanner (ESE GmbH, Stockach, Germany) or a PE GeneAmp® Thermocycler 9600 (Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, CA, USA ) was used as a quantitative reference instrument for temperature incubation.
A hot wire wall shear stress probe with temperature compensation was employed as the reference instrument.
Finally, the absence of a valid reference instrument in Arabic remains a major obstacle for the establishment of concurrent validity as well as predictive validity.
