COMPROC and CHECKNORM: Computer programs for comparing accuracies of diagnostic tests using ROC curves in the presence of verification bias

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-186

  Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a   Higgs, Richard E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Diagnostic tests; Missing data; ROC curve; Verification bias

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

BOOTSTRAP; CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AREA UNDER CURVE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032213350     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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