Can electronic medical images replace hard-copy film? Defining and testing the equivalence of diagnostic tests

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2845-2863

  Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONICS; FILM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; STORAGE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0035888234     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.929     Document Type: Article

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