Sentence examples for computer dose from inspiring English sources

Several dosimetric parameters associated with the dose rate calculation can be verified with the aid of this phantom such as the source positioning, its imaging reconstruction from radiographs and the accuracy of the algorithm used for manual or computer dose rate calculation.

When the INR is above the target value of 2.5, the difference between the INR achieved using the computer dose and the user's modified dose is small.

A future increase can nevertheless be expected, and this may require an organised approach to anticoagulant management including computer dosing systems and improved systems for follow-up.

The time in the therapeutic range (TTR), the outcome of adherence to the computer dosing algorithm, the percentage of time the clinicians over-ride the algorithm and the impact of their intervention on anticoagulant control.

' (ID332, female, 66 years) 'I was sort of doing something I know that they would have asked me to, but then perhaps it's not right.' In addition, some interviewees preferred a more personal approach than those provided by the computer dosing programs used by some clinics because: '… you have a bit more of a gut feeling about yourself ' (ID330, female 66 years).

Candidates for such clinical and sociodemographic factors are IQ, 42 participants' dominant arm, experience with using a computer, doses of drugs affecting cognitive performance (anticholinergics, benzodiazepines, etc), sleep, 43 eating and risk factors of arteriosclerosis (body mass index, blood pressure, etc).

Another study comparing computer assisted dosing with manual dosing showed that dose adjustments made by clinicians, based on experience, tended to underdose patients, whereas the computer algorithm achieved better control.

During the review period, 74 330 INR results were entered, and in 76.6% the computer recommended dose was given to the patient.

There is a tendency for the user to overdose patients when the INR is above 3, but the resulting INR is not significantly higher than that attained when the computer recommended dose is given (figure 3A).

When the user adhered to the computer recommended dose (57 000 tests), the mean difference between the INR at the next test and the target INR was less than 0.2 for all INR values between 1.5 and 4 (figure 3A), suggesting that the computer algorithm is giving an appropriate dose recommendation over this range of INR values.

It then compares these computer-generated dose adjustments with patient self-administered doses (figure 1).