PURPOSE To assess the repeatability of the Galilei dual Scheimpflug analyzer (GDSA) in anterior segment examination. METHODS Fifty-two eyes from 52 healthy volunteers were prospectively and consecutively recruited. Anatomic, axial, refractive, and instantaneous parameters were measured with GDSA to provide a complete characterization of the anterior segment. Repeatability was assessed calcula...

AIMS To devise and test strategies for improving Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT and HRT-II) rim area (RA) repeatability and assess the benefit of the strategies in time series of HRT images. METHODS The effect of the standard and 320 microm reference planes and image quality on RA repeatability was assessed in a test-retest HRT image dataset from 74 subjects. A longitudinal HRT image datase...

BACKGROUND Optical coherence tomography (OCT), can be used in clinical practice to provide high resolution cross-sectional images of the retina, optic disc and macula structure. These measurements can be useful for early detection, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment guidance for retinal diseases. Therefore, repeatability of measurements in OCT is of great importance. METHODS Macula and optic...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Neutrophilic inflammation is a major feature of COPD. Induced sputum is increasingly used to monitor inflammatory airway diseases. Although short-term repeatability of selected sputum markers has been extensively studied in several populations, data on the long-term repeatability of induced sputum markers in stable COPD are scant. DESIGN Sputum supernatant of 12 patients with...

In both scientific and clinical investigations, the precision and repeatability of instruments are demanded; however, precision of motion analysis systems has been reported in the literature rarely and studies are generally not comparable. This study introduces a new method of determining precision and repeatability of Optotrak Certus, a motion analysis tool for gait analysis using a three dime...

Background: A gynogenetic species is a hybrid species in which females must mate with males of their parental species to initiate egg development, but inheritance is strictly maternal. Question: Is the mating preference of an all-female, gynogenetic fish and its parental species repeatable? Organisms: The Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa, is a livebearing gynogenetic fish of hybrid origin. Its pa...

INTRODUCTION Kinematic gait analysis via the multi-segmental Oxford foot model (OFM) may be a valuable addition to the biomechanical examination of the foot and ankle. The aim of this study is to assess the repeatability of the OFM in healthy subjects. METHODS Nine healthy subjects, without a history of lower extremity injury, were recruited. Markers were placed according to the OFM requireme...

Aim of this study was to estimate variance components for litter size in Improved Jezersko-Solcava sheep. Analysis involved 66,082 records from 12,969 animals, for the number of lambs born in all parities (BA), the fi rst parity (B1), and later parities (B2+). Fixed part of model contained the eff ects of season and age at lambing within parity. Random part of model contained the eff ects of he...