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French term or phrase:
conditions d’observation
English translation:
visualization
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Anne Schulz
Jan 23, 2023 11:17
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conditions d’observation
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I understand what this means but wondered if there was a standard way of phrasing this in English?
"En échographie cardiaque, les conditions d’observation sont moyennes, le ventricule gauche est à 63 mm en diastole, 57 mm en systole, pas d'hypertrophie."
"En échographie cardiaque, les conditions d’observation sont moyennes, le ventricule gauche est à 63 mm en diastole, 57 mm en systole, pas d'hypertrophie."
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| 3 +1 | visualization |
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| 4 | non optimal echocardiography conditions |
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Jan 26, 2023 18:17: Anne Schulz Created KOG entry
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visualization
I am not sure if this is the standard way of phrasing, but this is what I encountered in context with echocardiography texts.
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abe(L)solano
: Good enough for me. "goood/poor visualization conditions". Not the same as 'viewing', though. https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1469...
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non optimal echocardiography conditions
or 'technically difficult conditions
Cardiac Ultrasound - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books
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de MK Herbst · 2021 · Cité 3 fois — Cardiac ultrasound, or echocardiography, is a noninvasive diagnostic modality that can provide ... It is more difficult in obese patients.
What makes an echocardiogram technically difficult?
A 'technically difficult study' usually means that the patient was obese, had lung disease or was unable to cooperate fully so that some aspects of the examination may be unclear or unanswered.
Cardiac Ultrasound - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books
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de MK Herbst · 2021 · Cité 3 fois — Cardiac ultrasound, or echocardiography, is a noninvasive diagnostic modality that can provide ... It is more difficult in obese patients.
What makes an echocardiogram technically difficult?
A 'technically difficult study' usually means that the patient was obese, had lung disease or was unable to cooperate fully so that some aspects of the examination may be unclear or unanswered.
Discussion
Since I am not originally a linguist but a Pharmacist/Chemist I think I just try to find a logic solution in terminology (independently of some language rules).
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/4960129.html
The present invention discloses methods of observing conditions such as cardioventilatory phase locking noninvasively.
https://research.umn.edu/inquiry/post/observing-human-heart-...
But I think "viewing conditions" is as descriptive as "observation conditions". Exam/scan conditions, perhaps?
"Reliability depends on operator experience, quality of instrument, observation conditions and ability to determine the outline of the stenosed orifice..."
https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/277233/1-s2.0-S187521360...