Note that it is often the case in medical and biomedical image analysis tasks that radiologist-derived volumes are accepted as reference truths (i.e., surrogate truths) when biopsy-proven volume information is not available, as it is the case in this study.
A distinctive approach was taken in the Alpine region in which sites were accepted as reference sites if their actual trophic state did not deviate from the reference trophic state prior to industrialisation, intensive urbanisation or agriculture.
A multi-dimensional vision of sustainable mobility has been accepted as a reference point for stakeholders and experts; it finds a significant representation in the concept of the "three pillars of sustain-ability" which examines the idea of sustainability from a three-dimensional perspective: social, economic and environmental.
The modality to be used for diagnosing any of the above pain conditions is provided by ICHD with a level of recommendation 1++ and a level of evidence A. For as pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of PHs, therapeutic SISC guidelines have been accepted as the recommended reference (1++) with an A level of evidence.
If the target time for the entire train journey is met within a range of 15 s, the simulated values for travelling time and fuel consumption will be accepted as a reference for the hybrid model.
The lowest point seen in the X-rays constituted by the superior edges of the clavicle or soft tissue was accepted as the reference point for all three views.
In these cases, CT follow-up was accepted as the reference standard.
The Vidal® database provides information about those drugs that are available on the French market and it is accepted as a reference by all healthcare professionals.
If an ontology is accepted as a reference by the community (e.g. the Gene Ontology and the SNOMED-CT), its representation of the reality becomes a standard, and data integration is facilitated [ 24, 25].
