What's the difference between align and fiducial?

Align


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
  • (v. t.) To form in line; to fall into line.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By adjustment to the swaying movements of the horse, the child feels how to retain straightening alignment, symmetry and balance.
  • (2) The second algorithm finds all subsequence alignments between the pattern and the test with at most k differences.
  • (3) It said 70 of the killed militants were from Isis, while the other 50 it described as being aligned with the Nusra Front, the parent organisation of the Khorasan cell and al-Qaida’s preferred affiliate in Syria.
  • (4) The building block of cytokeratin IFs is a heterotypic tetramer, consisting of two type I and two type II polypeptides arranged in pairs of laterally aligned coiled coils.
  • (5) The alignment of Clinton’s Iowa team, all but guaranteeing a declaration of her official campaign before the end of next month, was coming into view amid reports that she was due to address by the end of the week controversy over her use of a private email account as secretary of state.
  • (6) Here we present images of polydeoxyadenylate molecules aligned in parallel, with their bases lying flat on a surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and with their charged phosphodiester backbones protruding upwards.
  • (7) From the decreased alignment at the N-terminus and the presence of additional residues compared with bacterial phosphorylases, we conclude that the regulatory sequences that also carry the phosphorylation site in the muscle enzyme were joined to a presumed ancestral precursor gene by gene fusion after separation of the eukaryotic and prokaryotic lines of descent.
  • (8) If added prior to cellular alignment, immunoglobulins from this serum inhibited fusion of both rat (L6) and mouse (C2) myoblasts in a dose-dependent fashion.
  • (9) Fifty-two percent of the variance in visit volume were explained; compared with the findings reported in similar studies, alignment with a regular source of care was more closely associated with visit volume and physician contact.
  • (10) The predicted yeast enzyme contains at least four potential membrane-spanning regions and several shorter hydrophobic regions that align exactly with similar sequences in the rat liver protein.
  • (11) As described in peripheral nerves, the axoplasm of axons in the central nervous system exhibits predominantly neurofilaments and microtubules aligned along the axis of the neurites in a three-dimensional arrangement and interconnected by cross-linker filaments and filamentous structures.
  • (12) The diagnosis of cervical injuries may be facilitated by following a logical pattern of analysis searching for abnormalities of alignment and anatomy, of bony integrity, of the cartilage or joint spaces, and of the soft tissues.
  • (13) The sample consisted of 102 Japanese families, each including both parents and one of their offspring, and on average all subjects had relatively well-aligned permanent dentitions.
  • (14) These observations suggest that the inner dynein arms in Chlamydomonas axonemes are aligned not in a single straight row, but in a staggered row or two discrete rows.
  • (15) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
  • (16) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
  • (17) The group receiving an Oxford meniscal-bearing implant, with no medial release, showed significantly better mechanical alignment than that receiving a fixed-bearing implant.
  • (18) New observations include: (1) In 15 nm cross sections that show single 14.5 nm levels: (a) The flared X structure characteristic of rigor is replaced by a straight-X figure in which the crossbridge density is aligned along the myosin-actin plane, rather than skewed across it as in rigor.
  • (19) This includes the analysis of the transfer characteristics of the image detection system, the use of laser-induced fiducials for deformation correction and alignment, the control of section thickness by EELS and the use of ESI to image thick sections.
  • (20) Peter Schweizer – whose book scrutinizing donations to the Clinton Foundation has earned sharp rebukes from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and liberally aligned groups – confirmed on Thursday plans to investigate Bush’s past financial dealings.

Fiducial


Definition:

  • (a.) Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm.
  • (a.) Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The effect of exclusion versus inclusion of the fiducial timing point optimizing routine in the signal averaging program was examined in 21 patients.
  • (2) This includes the analysis of the transfer characteristics of the image detection system, the use of laser-induced fiducials for deformation correction and alignment, the control of section thickness by EELS and the use of ESI to image thick sections.
  • (3) By using a slope-ratio bioassay model, the relative biological availability of endogenous and added zinc in milk-based formula was estimated to be 0.86 and that of soy-based formula 0.67 (zinc sulphate = 1.00) with corresponding 95% fiducial limits being 0.82 to 0.91 and 0.62 to 0.71.
  • (4) This template is subsequently superimposed on the radiographs in a longitudinal series by the structural method, which permits the transference of two fiducial points.
  • (5) This article describes a new body stereotaxic system that defines a fiducial point by means of a skin localization device placed directly on the patient.
  • (6) These rDNA signals are used as fiducial markers when aligning the two fluorescent images.
  • (7) A method is described for calculating fiducial intervals for the serological potency estimates, and it is shown that these intervals are no larger than, and are in fact probably smaller than, those obtained from quantal challenge tests.
  • (8) We present here a solution to the problem of alignment for single-axis tomography using fiducial markers.
  • (9) Verification of the accuracy of the stereotactic positioning is obtained with computer-generated overlays of the vascular malformation, stereotactic fiducial markers, and bony landmarks on orthogonal radiographs immediately prior to treatment.
  • (10) For each cardiac and average cycle the amplitude at 6 physiologic fiducial markers are measured and derived calculations are made.
  • (11) Developed procedures for use on a microscope equipped with a precision scanning stage allow registration of the image coordinates (X-Y) for any original or composite field and the alignment of one of these fields along the depth (Z) axis by means of external, machined fiducial marks in serial sections.
  • (12) A dynamic multi-image environment allows for simultaneous display of magnetic resonance, computed tomography, digital subtraction angiography, and positron emission tomography images in multiple windows, adjusted for common coordinates with reference to stereotactic frame fiducial markers.
  • (13) This system for signal averaging of the Frank vectorcardiogram incorporates several important features: 1, simultaneous analogue to digital conversion of three orthogonal leads; 2, interactive editing of the data; 3, optimization of the fiducial timing point using a template derived from the calculated QRS vector magnitude; and 4, simultaneous display of both the averaged recording and the noise level at high amplification, which facilitates the assessment of low amplitude signals in the ST segment.
  • (14) LD50 data with 95% fiducial limits are reported for each mixture and tests for additive joint toxicity were made.
  • (15) The average fiducial limits rates were less than 20%.
  • (16) Since the method relies on anatomic information in the images rather than on external fiducial markers, it can be applied retrospectively.
  • (17) Determination of the position in space of the plate with control points in relation to the plate with fiducial marks requires more consideration.
  • (18) A major benefit is the inclusion of a routine to optimize the QRS fiducial timing point.
  • (19) The results indicate that heading perception is robust against degradation of the flow-field by the presence of noise or by the reduction of the lifetime of the fiducial points.
  • (20) The localisation of the aberration requires induction of the arrhythmia, simultaneous measurement of activity from many (100-200) sites over the surface of the heart, attachment of fiducial markers to this data, and display of the activation sequence in the form of an isochronous map.

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