Arrested versus active silica diagenesis reaction boundaries—A review of seismic diagnostic criteria

Active and Arrested Lesions

Diagnostic versus classification criteria - a continuum.

The current understanding that disease criteria are different than classification criteria is not well founded. In fact, they are a continuum. The arithmetic behind the two are the same and is built on a clear understanding of the concepts of sensitivity and specificity. Diagnosis is nothing different than classification in the individual patient. The main element that makes a set of criteria d...

The Evolutionary Approach for Diagnostic Criteria of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents: a Review

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} span.s1 {text-decoration: underline} span.s2 {font: 11.0px Helvetica} Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adults is diagnosed based on clinical, biochemical, and radiological criteria, although in adolescents, some of these criteria may overlap with the normal process of puberty, which ...

Agoraphobia: a review of the diagnostic classificatory position and criteria.

The status of agoraphobia (AG) as an independent diagnostic category is reviewed and preliminary options and recommendations for the fifth edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) are presented. The review concentrates on epidemiology, psychopathology, neurobiology, vulnerability and risk factors, clinical course and outcome, and correlates and consequences of AG since 1990. Dif...

Silent brain infarcts: a review of MRI diagnostic criteria.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Silent brain infarcts (SBIs) have been recognized as common lesions in elderly subjects and their diagnosis relies on brain imaging. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the different MRI parameters and criteria used for their evaluation in the literature to better understand the variation across studies and related limitations. METHOD Original MRI studies of SBI perform...