... Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Amplification Reagent Kit, Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Calibrator Kit, Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Control Kit. Proper ...

Several commercial methods exist for the molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in clinical samples. Here we evaluated the performance characteristics of the newly FDA-cleared Abbott RealTime CT/NG assay (where "CT" stands for Chlamydia trachomatis and "NG" stands for Neisseria ...

Culture for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) is being replaced by molecular assays, but difficulties are observed with false positive and negatives results, especially for extragenital samples. This study evaluates the Abbott CT/NG Real-Time assay and a real-time porA pseudogene assay. Samples (n = 600) from a mixed prevalence ...

... R.Abbott, and H.Garcia-Molina, �Scheduling Real-time Transactions: a Performance Eval- uation,'' ACM Trans. on Database Systems, vol. 17, no. ...

... Abbott and Garcia-Molina [Abb88] described a group of lock-based real-time concurrency control schemes for scheduling soft real-time transactions ...

... Abbott, R. and H. Garcia-Molina, �Scheduling Real-Time Transactions: A Performance Evaluation,� Proceedings of the 14th VLDB Conference, Aug. ...

... Device Code: MZF. ... Upgrade the m2000 system software to add a code that will not allow the system to use expired reagents. ...

The new Abbott RealTime hepatitis B virus (HBV) assay was compared to the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan assay with 128 serum samples from patients with chronic hepatitis B. There was an excellent correlation (r = 0.961) between the two assays, with the Abbott RealTime test showing at least equivalent sensitivity and ...

The new Abbott RealTime hepatitis B virus (HBV) assay was compared to the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan assay with 128 serum samples from patients with chronic hepatitis B. There was an excellent correlation (r = 0.961) between the two assays, with the Abbott RealTime test showing at least equivalent sensitivity and ...

... For detailed information on application file installation, refer to the ... 1 assay with the Abbott m2000 system and 1.0 ... Sebire K, McGavin K, Land S, et al ...

... Internal Control RNA. The reagent also contains dNTPs, ROX� passive reference dye and an aptamer oligonucleotide. The reagent is formulated in a ...

Molecular detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in extragenital samples may result in false positive results due to cross reaction with commensal Neisseria species or Neisseria meningitidis. This study examined 450 characterised clinical culture isolates, comprising 216 N. gonorrhoeae and 234 Neisseria species (n=218) and other closely related bacteria (n=16), with six commercial nucleic acid ...

... [Di93] [Esw76] [Gar881 [Haer841 [Hari92] Abbott, R., and H. Garcia-Molina, �Scheduling Real- Time Transactions: A Performance Evaluation,� Proc. ...

... Reliability of assay results cannot be guaranteed if there are any deviations from the instructions in this package insert. Page 2. Key to symbols used ...

... CT scan, but enabling us to visualize�using molecular imaging�the biology of the disease in real time. For example, ...

... Vincent J. Cardone, and Andrew T. Cox Oceanweather, Inc. 5 River Road, Suite 1, Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA phone: (203 ...

... Semiquantitative PCR (gel) and quantitative real-time PCR ( Ct) were performed on cDNA prepared from RNA of HC-4 colon cancer cells exposed ...

This section describes the SCAN Testbed Mission Operations phase. ... The CoNNeCT Experiment Center is the real time mission data analysis and interface for ...

Aug 8, 2011 ... The Space Communications & Navigation Testbed (SCAN Testbed), known ... The CoNNeCT Experiment Center is the real time mission data ...

1.30.2009, The NASA Glenn ROVER, a New X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) and Real- Time Digital Radiography Facility is Operational: This new addition of the ...

... The objective of smart image is to use real-time 3D ultrasonography and 40-slice high-framerate computed tomography (CT) for intra-operative ...

... The objective of smart image is to use real-time 3D ultrasonography and 40- slice high-frame-rate computed tomography (CT) for intraoperative ...

Lisp- based program. The platform chosen was a Texas Instruments. Explorer ll+ Lisp Machine ..... in Lisp is an object which points to a cell and is ...

HIV-1 viral load determination is a crucial step for monitoring the efficacy of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and predicts disease progression. Real-time PCR based assays are available for monitoring the viral load. They differ in sensitivity, genomic target region and dynamic range. In this study, the performance of the Roche Cobas Taqman HIV-1 v2.0 was ...

As fast high-resolution total body computed tomography (CT) scanners have proliferated in hospitals and radiologists' offices across the country, they have tended to eclipse the usefulness of sonography in abdominal and thoracic diagnosis. This paper discusses some of the limitations of CT techniques as applied to common abdominal and thoracic problems. ...

The quantitation of human hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the serum of infected patients is recommended to characterize the course of chronic HBV infection. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the performance of the Abbott RealTime PCR assay for HBV DNA quantitation by comparison with the standard Versant HBV DNA 3.0 assay. The better sensitivity ...

Sep 1, 2011 ... Title: Automated Analysis of CT Images for the Inspection of Hardwood Logs. Author: Li, Harbin; Abbott, A. Lynn; Schmoldt, Daniel L. Date: 1996 ...

High-resolution real-time ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) were compared in 48 patients with a clinical diagnosis of thyroid abnormality and also correlated with biopsy or surgery. The modalities were considered comparable in 38 cases (79%), while CT was superior in 5 and US in 5. Both techniques lacked histopathological ...

A body scanning system includes a CT transmitter and a PET configured to radiate along a significant portion of the body and a plurality of sensors configured to detect photons along the same portion of the body. In order to facilitate the efficient collection of photons and to process the data on a real time basis, the body scanning ...

Randomized trials have produced sound evidence about the efficacy of screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA tests in reducing cervical cancer incidence and mortality. We evaluated the clinical performance and reproducibility of the Abbott RealTime High Risk (HR) HPV test compared with that of the HR hybrid capture 2 (HC2) assay as assessed by a ...

Virological monitoring of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is critical to the management of HBV infection. With several HBV DNA quantification assays available, it is important to use the most efficient testing system for virological monitoring. In this study we evaluated the performance characteristics and comparability of three HBV DNA quantification systems: Abbott HBV ...

Sensitive and accurate quantification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is necessary for monitoring patients with chronic hepatitis receiving antiviral therapy in order to determine treatment response and to adapt therapy in case of inadequate virologic control. The development of quantitative PCR assays has been crucial in meeting these needs. The objective of this study was to compare the ...

BackgroundHIV-1 is characterized by increased genetic heterogeneity which tends to hinder the reliability of detection and accuracy of HIV-1 RNA quantitation assays.MethodsIn this study, the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 (Abbott RealTime) assay was compared to the Roche Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 (Cobas TaqMan) and the Siemens ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between the CT value and temperature for the range of ablation therapy. Bovine liver was slowly heated and image acquisition was performed with a clinical CT. Real time temperature was measured and stored using calibrated thermal sensors. Images were ...

A real time radar target imaging procedure based on tomographic synthesis is discussed. The procedure, which can be used with an incoherent high range resolution radar (or a CW high Doppler resolution radar), employs a previously described (Le Chevalier et al., 1977) syntactic signal processing algorithm to detect and track a bright point on successive ...

Although computed tomography (CT) provides superb images of all areas of the body, sonography, because of its lack of ionizing radiation and its real-time and multiplanar capacities, has become the preferred initial method of evaluating the female pelvis. This has resulted in a relative paucity of information in the literature concerning ...

... RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) Computers. ... [20] J.-SR Jang, C.-T. Sun and E. Mizutani, �Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing: A ...

This study evaluated the safety, feasibility, and clinical utility of transhepatic drainage of inaccessible abdominal abscesses retrospectively under real-time computed tomographic (CT) guidance. For abdominal abscesses, 12 consecutive patients received percutaneous transhepatic drainage. Abscesses were considered inaccessible using the usual access route ...

... as 2D intensity maps in which the intensity is a ... and they can facilitate fast and on-line real-time ... The X-ray CT images indicated the presence of most ...

Radiotherapy is a rapidly growing cancer treatment technique. In brachytherapy -- one radiotherapy treatment technique -- pre- and post-planning is usually carried out using CT imaging. As CT scanners cannot easily be moved from one operation room to an other and as CT does not have real-time imaging capability, ...

An improved 4D-CT utility has been developed on the GE LightSpeed multislice CT (MSCT) and Discovery PET/CT scanners, which have the cine CT scan capability. Two new features have been added in this 4D-CT over the commercial Advantage 4D-CT from GE. One feature was a new ...

HIV-1 viral load testing is essential to the management of HIV-1-infected patients, and proper specimen handling ensures accurate viral load (VL) results. This study was performed to (i) evaluate the effect of freezing plasma in situ in BD Vacutainer plasma preparation tubes (PPT) on the accuracy of HIV-1 viral load results using the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 ...

Based on open source software, an image guided surgical system for Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) surgery was developed and evaluated. Real-time patient movement compensation and virtual CT was provided intraoperatively. Real-time updating was accomplished by an alternative display that represents the relative position of surgical instrument ...

PurposeA method to register endoscopic and laparoscopic ultrasound (US) images in real time with pre-operative computed tomography (CT) data sets has been developed with the goal of improving diagnosis, biopsy guidance, and surgical interventions in the abdomen.MethodsThe technique, which has the potential to operate in ...

Localization of an undescended testis was attempted in 23 instances in 20 patients using both computed tomography (CT) and high-resolution real-time ultrasonography. The testis was identified and correctly localized 16 times by CT and 15 times by ultrasound. There was one false-negative diagnosis by CT and two by ...

Here we describe the 2???CT algorithm implemented in the ddCt package. The package is designed for the data analysis of quantitative real�time PCR (qRT�PCR) experiemtns in Bioconductor. With the ddCt package, one can acquire the relative expression of the target gene in different samples. This vignette mainly ...

The need for viral load (VL) monitoring of HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings (RLS) has become apparent with studies showing the limitations of immunological monitoring. We compared the Abbott m2000 Real-Time (Abbott) HIV-1 assay with the Roche AMPLICOR Monitor v1.5 (Roche) HIV-1 assay over ...

Abbott Dam consists of an earth embankment 440 feet long, 33.5 feet high, with a crest width of 14 feet. Both the upstream and downstream slopes are grass-covered but otherwise unprotected. The facility has two spillways. The normal spillway consists of a...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Temperate sierras, Chapter 15. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Title: Taiga, Chapter 6. Author: Geiser, L.H.; Nadelhoffer, K. ... Taiga, Chapter 6. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Mediterranean California, Chapter 13. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Marine west coast forests, Chapter 9. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Title: Introduction, Chapter 1. Author: Pardo, L.H.; Driscoll, C.T.; Goodale, C.L.. Date: 2011. Source: In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Inland surface waters, Chapter 18. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll , C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and ...

We evaluated a new real-time PCR-based prototype assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae developed by Abbott Molecular Inc. This assay is designed to be performed on an Abbott m2000 real-time instrument system, which consists of an m2000sp instrument for sample preparation and an ...

We evaluated a new real-time PCR-based prototype assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae developed by Abbott Molecular Inc. This assay is designed to be performed on an Abbott m2000 real-time instrument system, which consists of an m2000sp instrument for sample preparation and an ...