A joint design for functional data with application to scheduling ultrasound scans
提出一种功能数据联合设计方法，旨在同时优化功能数据和标量结果的预测，应用于胎儿生长中确定最佳超声测量时间以恢复生长轨迹并预测出生结局。
A joint design for sampling functional data is proposed to achieve optimal prediction of both functional data and a scalar outcome. The motivating application is fetal growth, where the objective is to determine the optimal times to collect ultrasound measurements in order to recover fetal growth trajectories and to predict child birth outcomes. The joint design is formulated using an optimization criterion and implemented in a pilot study. Performance of the proposed design is evaluated via simulation study and application to fetal ultrasound data.