What's the difference between biometrics and biometry?
Biometrics
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Biometry
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(n.) Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.
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(1) Some of them may be obtained from complex macro- and microscopical investigations with the use of biometry and mathematical statistics.
(2) Biometry of different ganglial structures was performed by G.G.
(3) 8 dystrophic neonates with a biometry that revealed IUGR were compromised by perinatal asphyxia.
(4) In this framework it is the responsibility of biometry to both to guarantee the use of a valid study design to assure interpretation of the results and to quantify the reliability of pharmacological and clinical considerations.
(5) Growth and remodelling of the first cervical vertebra were studied in the rat by means of biometry, vital staining (alizarin red S and oxytetracycline), and histology.
(6) It was shown that the surveying echography, biometry and acoustic orbitonometry facilitate the task of differential diagnosis, allow the localization and size of the tumor to be detected and help to control the results of the treatment.
(7) The changes of the intraocular distances provoked by oculopression (10 min, 40 mm HG) were explored by ultrasonic biometry.
(8) Preoperative ultrasonic biometry is indispensible in cataract surgery in order to calculate the power of the intraocular lens to be implanted.
(9) The variation in results due to inaccurate biometry are statistically assessed.
(10) For biometry an Ocuscan DBR 400-ST unit is used; the corneal refraction (r0) is measured with an automatic keratometer (Humphrey).
(11) The possibilities of ultrasound biometry for determining gestational age were presented.
(12) If fetal biometry rather than last menstrual period were used to determine gestational age, four of the 19 (21.0%) cerebellar measurements were greater than 2 SD below the mean.
(13) Renal biometry of the fetus was carried out on 1200 women when exogenous difference between renal and surrounding tissue became distinct.
(14) To define more precisely both the clinical and sonographic parameters associated with IUGR, we studied the following variables: routine fetal biometry (biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length), fetal weight percentile, amniotic fluid volume, and an antenatal scoring system for IUGR.
(15) If retinoscopy is impossible due to pin-point pupils, ultrasonic biometry to determine the axial length is recommended.
(16) Examination included standard biometry, blood pressure measurement, 12-lead (centrally Minnesota coded) electrocardiography, and central laboratory measurement of serum cholesterol and creatine.
(17) Using dissection, biometry, and two three-dimensional mechanical models, the postnatal changes of the rabbit masticatory muscles were studied by analyzing their three-dimensional orientation, their strength and fiber lengths, and certain functional consequences of these changes.
(18) Details of tissue and biometry are largely enhanced.
(19) Several unexpectedly high refractive errors occurred in the group of patients who did not have biometry.
(20) Sonographic biometry and the knowledge about the uncomplicated postoperative course render postsurgical monitoring easier and more reliable.