We adopted the former protocol in the present study because the anatomical landmarks are easily identifiable.
These landmarks are easily identified and are based on a recognized scheme for cochlear visualization [ 3, 10, 18, 23, 24].
This has, perhaps, resulted in existing IRI literature focusing mainly on the nose tips, where landmarks are obvious, and is limited and inconsistent for other facial regions like cheeks or forehead where landmarks cannot be easily defined.
For a quick bite, he recommends HOAGIE HAVEN (609-921-7723), a Princeton landmark that is "easily No. 1 among students and locals".
Poised to become a new landmark, it's easily identified by the giant animatronic bear on a swing in the second floor window that tourists and fans of WC designer (and model, and TV presenter, and actress) Chinatsu Wakatsuki giddily photograph from the street.
The extraction of the landmark can be easily conducted (e.g. using band-pass filter) relative to the camera image or laser scanned data.
A fiducial point is a point in space, in either 2D or 3D, typically an anatomical landmark that is easily recognizable in an image, usually identified by human experts and possibly assisted by automatic or semi-automated image processing algorithms [ 6].
The AAOS [ 32] and Rowe [ 27] have suggested that visual estimation is more reliable than goniometric measurements when bony landmarks are not easily seen or palpated.
This is particularly true in obese patients, in whom anatomical landmarks may not be easily identified in a physical examination.
To assess the location of the thrombosis we identified the bifurcation of the carotid artery as a landmark that could be easily detected by histology and on the rendered CT image.
