Software for illustrative presentation of basic clinical characteristics of laboratory tests - graphROC for windows

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 55, Issue S222, 1995, Pages 43-60

  Kairisto, V ^a,b   Poola, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Distribution frequencies; Hospital data; Reference change; Reference values

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029008314     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519509088450     Document Type: Article

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