Comparison of two measurement methods with a gold standard as applied to 20-MHZ-sonography and clinical palpation for ascertaining the thickness of pigmented skin tumours;Vergleich zweier messmethoden mit einem goldstandard am beispiel der 20-MHZ-sonographie und der klinischen palpation zur dickenbestimmung von pigmentierten tumoren der haut

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-189

  Freitag, G ^a   Munk, A ^b   Hoffmann, K ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concordance correlation coefficient; Kappacoefficient; Limits of agreement; McNemar test; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PARAMETER; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SKINFOLD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOMETRY; HUMANS; PALPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038269767     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40064     Document Type: Article

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