The laboratory tests were carried out on an asphalt concrete specimen in three point bending mode.
Experiments involved a cadaver specimen and two CT datasets (supine and prone) and 36 C-arm fluoroscopy images acquired with the specimen in four positions (supine, prone, supine with lordosis, prone with kyphosis), three regions (thoracic, abdominal, and lumbar), and three levels of geometric magnification (1.7, 2.0, 2.0,.
I'd learned more about the optimum specimen in three hours than I managed in 25 years on this earth.
Twelve wells were used for each specimen in two independent experiments (n = 24).
For example, S. pneumoniae and M. catarrhalis were found in the same specimen in two of five cases (40%).
Recently, a study was published in which CT, MR and PET was obtained with the patient in the same position, and registration was performed between the different images and with the total laryngectomy specimen in nine patients.
Semiquantitative scoring was derived from streaking and diluting the specimen in three segments, scored as few for less than 10 colonies, light, moderate and heavy growth when moderate to heavy growth was observed in first, second and third streaks respectively.
To calculate the forward SHG (FSHG) to BSHG ratio (FSHG/BSHG), both FSHG and BSHG were captured simultaneously above (BSHG) and below (FSHG) the slide specimen in two channels using the microscope setup previously described [ 30].
Leakage occurred through the connection between the root and the scanning electron microscope specimen holder in five specimens.
The MCZ contains over 21-million specimens in nine research collections.
