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Computerized Interactive Morphometry
Published in Joan Gil, Models of Lung Disease, 2020
A standard set of assembly or machine language subroutines for efficient digital image processing has been developed and linked to the conversational computer language BASIC. The digital image analysis software can be distributed to laboratory systems that utilize VFMs from different manufacturers by providing only the assembly language module for that specific hardware. The BASIC language analysis software is identical and essentially performs the same on each system. The subroutines are described by their CALLed name and the integer BASIC variables that are used as the arguments of the function. In the following description of the functions, the variables I, J, K, JX, KY, and IV are BASIC integer variables and if no arguments are listed, none are required.
Contribution of the neuropsychological evaluation to traumatic brain injury rehabilitation
Published in Mark J. Ashley, David A. Hovda, Traumatic Brain Injury, 2017
One of the newer neuropsychological test batteries to be published that allows for both a fixed-battery and flexible-battery approach (i.e., the battery can be tailored to the needs of the clinical situation and patient) is the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB).12 The NAB consists of a screening battery that allows for an overview of specific cognitive domains, and many clinicians will employ the screening battery to determine specific modules to administer, thus eliminating the need to administer all modules. The full NAB battery could be administered at the discretion and preference of the clinician as well. A particular benefit of this battery is that embedded in each of the neurocognitive modules (Attention, Language, Memory, Spatial, Executive) are tasks that purportedly have ecological validity. In the Attention module, a sequence of changing scenes behind the wheel of a car requires the examinee to identify items that are changed, new, or missing. In the Spatial module, there is a subtest that requires map reading and analysis. In the Memory module appear tasks requiring the recall of medication instructions, and name–address–phone number information appears. For the Language module, a task of bill paying and check writing appears. A set of questions pertaining to judgment and safety awareness is a part of the Executive module.
WHODAS-Child: psychometric properties of the WHODAS 2.0 for children and youth among Italian children with autism spectrum disorder
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2023
Stefano Federici, Giulia Balboni, Allegra Buracchi, Francesca Barbanera, Angiolo Pierini
The ADOS is a semi-structured standardized observation instrument to assess communication, social interaction, play, and imagination, designed for the diagnostic evaluation of children with ASD [17,18]. There are four modules within the ADOS, each with its own protocol, comprising a set of activities created for a certain developmental and language level: module 1 is suitable for a child with no expressive or receptive language; module 2 is appropriate for children who use phrase speech but are not verbally fluent; module 3 is for verbally fluent children and young adolescents; and module 4 is administered to verbally fluent adults. To improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the diagnostic algorithms, a second edition was developed (ADOS-2) [19,20].