(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.
Reference
Definition:
(n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
(n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
(n.) Relation; regard; respect.
(n.) One who, or that which, is referred to.
(n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
(n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
(n.) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
(n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.
(n.) Appeal.
Example Sentences:
(1) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
(2) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
(3) The reference library used in the operation of a computerized search program indicates the closest matches in the reference library data with the IR spectrum of an unknown sample.
(4) (Predictive value positive refers to the proportion of all people identified who actually have the disease.)
(5) Bipolar derivations with the maximum PSE always included the locations with the maximum PSE obtained from a linked ears reference.
(6) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
(7) The Department of Health referred questions to Monitor.
(8) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
(9) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
(10) The reference cohort consisted of 1725845 men otherwise gainfully employed.
(11) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
(12) At this threshold there was no effect on reducing the rate of visual acuity overreferrals, but ten children with abnormal binocular vision were detected who were not referred by visual acuity criteria.
(13) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
(14) They derive from publications of the National Insurance Institute for Occupational Accidents (INAIL) and refer to the Italian and Umbrian situation.
(15) It is usually referred to as an aminopeptidase inhibitor.
(16) The data show that as much as a 9% difference from the correct activity can be observed for these radionuclides, even when the ampoule reference source gives the appropriate reading.
(17) In the course of its history, psychiatry has grown richer parallel to the development of its spatiotemporal system of the reference.
(18) Developmental changes are delineated, with particular reference to recent work on the ovine blood-brain barrier.
(19) Compared with the reference compounds, brotizolam induced the weakest degree of physical dependence.
(20) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.