Tuning sampling patterns to be robust to scan-to-scan variation and to anatomic variation will improve clinical reliability.
Currently, near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) systems exploit detectors that have variable gain settings, and require careful calibration in order to ensure the data is robust between scans and from day to day.
One paediatric hospital counted this activity as procedural time; however, in all other returns (in particular, in all general hospitals, which provided the most robust data), ultrasound scanning by consultants was not specifically allowed for.
In addition to traditional methods like FISH to detect chromosome abnormalities, new array-based techniques allow robust whole genome scanning for copy number variants (CNVs) and have resulted in the identification of new disease genes [ 12- 14].
Large numbers of genomes are currently being sequenced, and it should be possible to use these data to carry out robust genome-wide scans for distortions in allele frequencies.
Retinal thickness measurements were proven to be robust in the central scan regions, not being influenced by the scanning distance and the accordingly different image quality.
It implicates sequential computer tomography (CT) scanning and robust pathologic evidence for diagnosing relapse of testicular cancer in such cases.
Robust methodologies for horizon scanning [ 16, 74] coupled with the involvement of local experts who keep abreast of developments may, however, provide a reasonable basis for prediction.
The tenor saxophonist BILL McHENRY has a robust, unsentimental tone that scans as old-fashioned: he can make you think of someone like Dexter Gordon, though the comparison has less to do with his phraseology than with the weight and grain of his timbre.
Our preference goes to the latter since it is a reliable, precise, and robust method independent of scan time or plasma clearance.
