(n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
(n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
(v. t.) To draw the outline of.
(v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
Example Sentences:
(1) That means deciding what job they’d like to have and outlining the steps they’ll need to take to achieve it.
(2) The present status of percutaneous coronary angioplasty is presented, with a brief outline of current technique, the technical and clinical indications for the method, and the results being obtained.
(3) In this article it is outlined the medical biopsychosocial approach with particular emphasis on the family viewed as the primary health care agency.
(4) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(5) Factors which have influenced the number of samples received are outlined.
(6) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(7) Besides, it showed a high number of plasma cells secreting IgA in the stroma of the 2 tumours, the ultrastructural study performed on the epithelioma also demonstrated some similarities between epitheliomatous cells and epithelial cells of cystadenolymphomas (outlined epidermoid or glandular differentiation, numerous mitochondria).
(8) Impediments to the necessary growth of this subspecialty for the needs of clinical practice and research are outlined and criteria for certification are reviewed.
(9) This technique is compared with calculated outline and ring source attenuation correction techniques in a pie phantom.
(10) Clearly, it is impossible to combine the diverse information briefly outlined in this review to provide a coherent model of the regulation of globin gene expression during development.
(11) A theory which includes the individual's activity as an essential mediator between the individual and the context is outlined.
(12) The purpose of this paper is to outline procedures that will facilitate the integration of microcomputers into the clinical milieu by (a) identifying the reasons why and how these devices are used improperly; (b) proposing ways to correct these problems; (c) providing recommendations concerning the acquisition of major microcomputer hardware, software, and adaptations; and (d) providing an annotated list of resources for further information.
(13) It led to general outline of the structural organisation of the alpha-subunit hydrophilic regions exposed from membrane.
(14) The procedure for using the batch stainer with Wright's stain is outlined.
(15) Its association with other systemic abnormalities is reviewed; the distinctions among distichiasis, trichiasis, entropion, and epiblepharon are outlined; and methods of treatment for distichiasis are described.
(16) In conclusion, a zipper technique has been outlined that allows effective continuing drainage of the septic abdomen, permits early diagnosis of organ damage, is rapid and cost effective, minimizes ventilator dependency and gastrointestinal complications, is well tolerated by the patients, and has produced a modest 65 per cent survival rate in the first 34 critically ill patients in whom it was used.
(17) Emphasizing this trend, we present our current approaches to managing retinoblastoma based on our experience with 324 patients, outlining our indications and pointing out a number of misconceptions about the role of enucleation, photocoagulation, cryotherapy, and radiotherapy in treating this condition.
(18) Hypertrophy of the satellite cells with increase in the perineuronal intercellular spaces, often associated with irregular, scalloped nuclear and cell outlines, suggested that neuron shrinkage had occurred.
(19) Complex Physical Therapy (CPT) is discussed and its principles outlined.
(20) The protocol for a radioimmunoassay is outlined which permits the measurement of AFP in several fetal-maternal physiological compartments throughout gestation.
Planimeter
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Left ventricular cavity and muscle areas of each image were planimetered with a light-pen system and summated for volume: total volume = sigma (areas x 3 mm).
(2) A comparative study of roentgenograms of the paranasal sinuses between 37 patients with cleft lip and palate and 37 control subjects of the same age group was done using a planimeter.
(3) A planimeter was used to measure total vessel, plaque, thrombus, and luminal cross-sectional areas at the site of plaque rupture with thrombosis in sections projected at 13.8 power magnification.
(4) Techniques for determining stone surface area include use of graph paper, planimeter or computerized image analysis.
(5) The postpneumonectomy pleural space (PS), thoracic space of the operated site (TS) and the thoracic space of the non-operated site (CTS) were measured at 3 slice levels of the brachiocephalic level, subcarinal level and lower pulmonary vein level, using a digital planimeter.
(6) By application of of Jacobj's linear method and Lange's curvimeter-planimeter method, these approximation formulas are used to calculate the surface areas with identical semi-axis and diameter values being inserted, and the results are compared with each other and the true values.
(7) Fragments of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue were re-embedded in plastic, sectioned at 1 micron, stained with methylene blue, and studied with a Zeiss-Kontron MOP-3 microprocessor-assisted planimeter.
(8) The glottal waveforms measured by sonic-sensing pen tracing, cursor outlining, a photocell technique, and television camera scanning are presented and compared with the conventional polar planimeter method.
(9) The weight of each slice was calculated by multiplying the planimetered surface area of the LV myocardium by slice thickness and by myocardial specific gravity (1.05).
(10) A simple method for quantifying the cells adhering to frozen sections of mouse spleen using a microscope equipped with a drawing tube attachment, and a planimeter is described.
(11) A computing planimeter was employed to count the total number of neurons and measure the volume of the LC, neuronal cross-sectional area, and percent of neuronal area occupied by neuromelanin in the brains of 39 subjects; 13 "normative", 15 leucotomized schizophrenic (most had died in the preneuroleptic era), and 11 leucotomized non-schizophrenic control patients, ranging in age from 11 to 94 years.
(12) The integrator-derived values for WOB correlated well with planimeter-derived values (r = 0.97).
(13) A planimeter was used to measure artery, plaque, thrombus and luminal cross-sectional area at the site of plaque rupture with thrombosis in sections projected at x13.8 magnification.
(14) The area of open wound remaining was measured with a planimeter, and the rate of healing was plotted for each.
(15) Video fields were planimetered for epicardial ventricular cross-sectional area and ventricular pressure.
(16) Each aorta was processed blindly by four pathologists and a computerized planimeter to determine normal areas, sudanophilic areas and areas covered by plaques.
(17) The areas of MFD were measured by a polar planimeter and correlated with the involved wall, the total slice area, parietal widths and involved muscles.
(18) Areas of paradoxical motion and inward motion were planimetered in each quarter of ejection.
(19) After tracing each wound on transparency film, wound area was calculated by (1) multiplying length and width measurements with a ruler, (2) placing the transparency film over graph paper and counting the squares, (3) using a planimeter, and (4) using a digitizer.
(20) The areas of subretinal neovascularization and scotomata are measured in square millimeters with a planimeter.