Performance of four computer-based diagnostic systems

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 25, 1994, Pages 1792-1796

  Berner, Eta S ^a   Webster, George D ^b   Shugerman, Alwyn A ^a   Jackson, James R ^a   Algina, James ^c   Baker, Alfred L ^d   Ball, Eugene V ^a   Cobbs, C Glenn ^a   Dennis, Vincent W ^e   Frenkel, Eugene P ^f   Hudson, Leonard D ^g   Mancall, Elliott L ^h   Rackley, Charles E ⁱ   Taunton, O David ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b InforMed Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Trinity Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0028234740     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199406233302506     Document Type: Article

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