Reappraisal of quantitative esophageal scintigraphy by optimizing results with ROC analyses

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1799-1805

  Tatsch, Klaus ^a   Voderholzer, Winfried A ^a   Weiss, Martin J ^a   Schröttle, Wilhelm ^a   Hahn, Klaus ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

esophageal scintigraphy; quantification; ROC analyses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029909636     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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