Assessing diagnostic accuracy in veterinary imaging

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 442-448

  Scrivani, Peter V ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Signal detection; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ROC CURVE; STANDARD;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0036726358     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2002.tb01031.x     Document Type: Article

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