The complexity of modern human communication, the ease of long-distance movement, and increased interaction across political borders complicate the operational definition and assessment of geographic borders that optimally reflect the multi-scale nature of today's human connectivity patterns.
However, the assessment of tumor borders by preoperative MRI is often incongruent with the actual tumor borders during surgery due to brain shift during the operative procedure.
Nevertheless, we cannot rule out the possibility that due to (1) incomplete labelling by either the antibody or the lectin, and (2) variable accuracy in the assessment of striosome/matrix borders, we have underestimated the extent of striosomes in our analysis.
This means that more accurate assessment of tumour borders and tumour volume as well as of biological target volume is required in therapy planning [ 2].
To this aim, the definition of the dose range for different tracers and the quantitative assessment of detection borders of anatomical and molecular alterations were performed in physiological and pathophysiological mouse models by means of the MPS.
Contrast-enhanced US imaging with encapsulated dye poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) micro-bubbles or nano-bubbles [46]– [48] has the potential to be a valuable tool for intra-operative assessment of tumor borders and therapeutic margins [49].
The examples of policies should cover both national and European practices in a way that could allow the assessment of trans-border issues (eg, equipment-related issues, access to relevant new technologies and appropriate screening for people moving from one country to another).
The excellent intra-observer variability (<3 %) using both measurement methods provides a further evidence that the inter-observer variability is caused by the differing <span class="lh">assessment of the endocardial border by the two investigators and not by the software itself.
In a damning assessment of the e-borders programme, which was first announced more than a decade ago, the National Audit Office said the project, aimed at collecting information on people entering the UK, was still not hitting targets it should have met in 2010, and has still not fully replaced some older systems that should have been mothballed in 2011.
Description of B-mode appearance included assessment of tumor shape, borders, presence of an echogenic rim, tissue architecture, internal echo structure, absorption and elasticity.
