{
  "id": 178852,
  "title": "Need clarity about the 'Initial measurement'",
  "url": "/competitions/osic-pulmonary-fibrosis-progression/discussion/178852",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-08-31T16:18:45.725130800Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Since this is real medical data, you will notice the relative timing of FVC measurements varies widely. The timing of the initial measurement relative to the CT scan and the duration to the forecasted time points may be different for each patient.</p>\n  <p>In the test set, you are provided with a baseline CT scan and only the initial FVC measurement.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>So from the above am I to understand that whatever the week number may be, the <strong><em>initial measurement</em></strong> for each patient will always be the very first FVC measurement <em>after</em> their CT scan ?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "993054",
      "postDate": "08/31/2020 16:18:45",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Since this is real medical data, you will notice the relative timing of FVC measurements varies widely. The timing of the initial measurement relative to the CT scan and the duration to the forecasted time points may be different for each patient.</p>\n  <p>In the test set, you are provided with a baseline CT scan and only the initial FVC measurement.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>So from the above am I to understand that whatever the week number may be, the <strong><em>initial measurement</em></strong> for each patient will always be the very first FVC measurement <em>after</em> their CT scan ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "> Since this is real medical data, you will notice the relative timing of FVC measurements varies widely. The timing of the initial measurement relative to the CT scan and the duration to the forecasted time points may be different for each patient.\n\n> In the test set, you are provided with a baseline CT scan and only the initial FVC measurement.\n\nSo from the above am I to understand that whatever the week number may be, the ***initial measurement*** for each patient will always be the very first FVC measurement *after* their CT scan ?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "993117",
      "postDate": "08/31/2020 17:00:25",
      "content": "<p>No, the first FVC measurement can be after or before the CT scan. If the initial week number is +ve, it means that it is after the CT, if it is -ve, then the FVC has been measured before the CT. The week of the CT scan is week 0.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No, the first FVC measurement can be after or before the CT scan. If the initial week number is +ve, it means that it is after the CT, if it is -ve, then the FVC has been measured before the CT. The week of the CT scan is week 0.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "993171",
      "postDate": "08/31/2020 17:56:57",
      "content": "<p>Got it, thanks for the clarification!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Got it, thanks for the clarification!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1003054",
      "postDate": "09/08/2020 16:19:45",
      "content": "<p>This seems like the appropriate thread to ask:</p>\n<p>re: baseline, %, weeks, etc..</p>\n<p>Is the % given in the dataset at the time of the baseline?<br>\nBeing there are negative weeks in the dataset, are these negative weeks prior to the baseline?<br>\nIn other words, is everything in the dataset relative to the baseline?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This seems like the appropriate thread to ask:\n\nre: baseline, %, weeks, etc..\n\nIs the % given in the dataset at the time of the baseline?\nBeing there are negative weeks in the dataset, are these negative weeks prior to the baseline?\nIn other words, is everything in the dataset relative to the baseline?",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 993117,
      "author_name": "ahmedhshahin",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2020 17:00:25",
      "content": "<p>No, the first FVC measurement can be after or before the CT scan. If the initial week number is +ve, it means that it is after the CT, if it is -ve, then the FVC has been measured before the CT. The week of the CT scan is week 0.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 993171,
          "author_name": "kishupro",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/31/2020 17:56:57",
          "content": "<p>Got it, thanks for the clarification!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1003054,
      "author_name": "thetopbloke",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/08/2020 16:19:45",
      "content": "<p>This seems like the appropriate thread to ask:</p>\n<p>re: baseline, %, weeks, etc..</p>\n<p>Is the % given in the dataset at the time of the baseline?<br>\nBeing there are negative weeks in the dataset, are these negative weeks prior to the baseline?<br>\nIn other words, is everything in the dataset relative to the baseline?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "993054": "> Since this is real medical data, you will notice the relative timing of FVC measurements varies widely. The timing of the initial measurement relative to the CT scan and the duration to the forecasted time points may be different for each patient.\n\n> In the test set, you are provided with a baseline CT scan and only the initial FVC measurement.\n\nSo from the above am I to understand that whatever the week number may be, the ***initial measurement*** for each patient will always be the very first FVC measurement *after* their CT scan ?",
    "993117": "No, the first FVC measurement can be after or before the CT scan. If the initial week number is +ve, it means that it is after the CT, if it is -ve, then the FVC has been measured before the CT. The week of the CT scan is week 0.",
    "993171": "Got it, thanks for the clarification!",
    "1003054": "This seems like the appropriate thread to ask:\n\nre: baseline, %, weeks, etc..\n\nIs the % given in the dataset at the time of the baseline?\nBeing there are negative weeks in the dataset, are these negative weeks prior to the baseline?\nIn other words, is everything in the dataset relative to the baseline?"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}