How to skin a scatter plot
P Schmidt, J Dormeier · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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Introduction: First Trimester Screening regards to an ultrasound measurement of the nuchal translucency (NT), and valuation of free ß-hCG and PAPP-A. Latest studies suggest to plot these values into a three dimensional scatter diagram. This method was called AFS–3D. Typically, the plots of fetuses with the same chromosomal disorders are found close to each other. In this study a new algorithm was developed to compute a hull around the scatter plots of a given karyotype. Methods: A scatter plot was created accorting to NT, PAPP-A and fß-hCG. Based on this, the following volume operations were performed: creating…