SDX introduction - Zero in on a moving target

ABGT, Lda.; SDX® Respiratory Gating System, DYN’R, SAS, a spirometry-based system.

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists

 

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists

 

Touchdown: setting up your early career and practice

ARS: the American Interplanetary Society, later the American Rocket Society; ROCKET = Radiation Oncology Knowledge for Early-career and Training; ROVER = Radiation Oncology Virtual Education Rotation.

Emprint™ ablation system with Thermosphere™ technology

Source: Medtronic. (n.d.). Emprint™ ablation system with Thermosphere™ technology. Retrieved June 5, 2022, from https://medtronic.scene7.com/is/content/Medtronic/emea-emprint-animation-video?cid=EML:ELQ:EM1_play:EU_EN_GI_EmprintPhase2_GEN_NOV21:FY22?

High-risk M0 prostate cancer - clinical case

 

Doctor hierarchy

Source: Roberts, E. (2021, November 29). Guide to the Doctor Hierarchy [Digital image]. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.verywellhealth.com/types-of-doctors-residents-interns-and-fellows-3157293.

First-year residents are referred to as interns. After that, they are known as resident doctors, resident physicians, or simply "residents".

Fellowship is optional but is required to practice certain subspecialties.

Bibliographic reference: Whitlock, J. (2021, November 29). Doctors, Residents, and Attendings: What's the Difference? Verywell Health. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.verywellhealth.com/types-of-doctors-residents-interns-and-fellows-3157293.

 

Repeatability

It is a measure of precision. It is the «variation due to the measuring device. It is the variation observed when the same operator measures the same part repeatedly with the same device [1].» It «is similar to uniformity except that it deals with how consistent a particular sensor is against itself. It can be used to describe the ability of a sensor to provide the same result, under the same circumstances, over and over again [2].»

Bibliographic references:

[1] Reliawiki. 2017. Measurement System Analysis. [online] Available at: <https://reliawiki.org/index.php/Measurement_System_Analysis> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

[2] Apogeeinstruments.com. 2022. Uniformity, Repeatability, Stability, and Accuracy. [online] Available at: <https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/uniformity-repeatability-stability-and-accuracy/> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

Stability

It is «a measure of how the accuracy and precision of the system perform over time [1].»

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«Stability deals with the degree to which sensor characteristics remain constant over time. Changes in stability, also known as drift, can be due to components aging, decrease in sensitivity of components, and/or a change in the signal to noise ratio, etc [2].»

Bibliographic references:

[1] Reliawiki. 2017. Measurement System Analysis. [online] Available at: <https://reliawiki.org/index.php/Measurement_System_Analysis> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

[2] Apogeeinstruments.com. 2022. Uniformity, Repeatability, Stability, and Accuracy. [online] Available at: <https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/uniformity-repeatability-stability-and-accuracy/> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

Precision

«Precision describes the variation you see when you measure the same part repeatedly with the same device. It includes the following two types of variation:

• Repeatability
• Reproducibility: variation due to the operators and the interaction between operator and part. It is the variation of the bias observed when different operators measure the same parts using the same device.»
  

Bibliographic reference: Reliawiki. 2017. Measurement System Analysis. [online] Available at: <https://reliawiki.org/index.php/Measurement_System_Analysis> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

Accuracy

«Accuracy describes the difference between the measurement and the actual value of the part that is measured. It includes:

• Bias: a measure of the difference between the true value and the observed value of a part. If the “true” value is unknown, it can be calculated by averaging several measurements with the most accurate measuring equipment available.
• Linearity: a measure of how the size of the part affects the bias of a measurement system. It is the difference in the observed bias values through the expected range of measurement [1].»

  

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It is «analogous to uncertainty relative to a reference, is in its simplest terms the difference between measured and “true” values [2].»

Bibliographic references:

[1] Reliawiki. 2017. Measurement System Analysis. [online] Available at: <https://reliawiki.org/index.php/Measurement_System_Analysis> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

[2] Apogeeinstruments.com. 2022. Uniformity, Repeatability, Stability, and Accuracy. [online] Available at: <https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/uniformity-repeatability-stability-and-accuracy/> [Accessed 20 February 2022].

Survey about a controversial breast cancer clinical case

An anonymous 9 short questions survey about a controversial breast cancer clinical case. For academic records.

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZh6FqosXFlcJEDyfSHttuKkLGw18QC2rWav1HI8CwTPdzvA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0.

pMMR or dMMR

Proficient or deficient DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) mismatch repair gene expression.