The phrase "comparative volume" is both correct and usable in written English.
Whenever you are comparing two or more amounts of something, you can use this phrase. For example, "The store saw a comparative volume of customers this week compared to last week."
The dosimetric benefit is assessed using a comparative dose-volume histogram that shows the volume of bladder irradiated when the patient is treated with conventional, conformal and IMRT plans (Fig. 6).
We are fortunate in having an account of the former in Chris Butler's (2003) two volume comparative study of three functional grammars.
A minor criticism is that the geographical coverage does feel a little imbalanced; considering the comparative approach, the volume could have benefitted from a greater and more representative range of case studies.
17 To conduct high-volume comparative evaluations of interventions to improve operating theatre safety and reliability, we needed direct observational methods to measure process fidelity which are applicable across a wide range of specialties, techniques and settings, not making assumptions about causality and not attempting to estimate the impact on outcome.
Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement modalities in different countries have been the subject of an increasing volume of comparative research in recent years (an overview of relevant comparative publications can be found in Additional file 1).
Supplemented with comparative graphics, this comprehensive volume may be academic in tone but is informative and accessible to the lay reader.
In order to analyze the assembly quality of many different assemblers and to understand the inconsistency of many traditional metrics, it was decided to collect a significant volume of comparative performance statistics using a large benchmark of both bacterial and human genome data.
A comparative analysis of placental volume between the normal pregnancies subgroup and IUGR pregnancies group (Table 1) revealed a statistically significant difference.
Comparative analysis of the volume of neuronal nucleus frequency distribution in 4- to 8-year-old and 11- to 64-year-old autistic subjects versus age-matched control subjects demonstrates a high percentage of small neuronal nuclei in autistic children.
Tshcirren et al recommended additional quantitative analysis with in vivo data; however, to date no tissue mass or volume quantification comparative data has been published for lung, lobar, and sublobar dissection.
We paid critical attention to the quality of studies, in terms of the representativeness of samples, the outcomes measured and we present a large volume of comparative results regarding the prevalence of cardiovascular risk in SMI.
