Influence of number of surfaces and observers on statistical power in a multiobserver roc radiographic caries detection study

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-205

  Hintze, Hanne ^a,b   Frydenberg, Morten ^a   Wenzel, Ann ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Dental caries; Observers; Radiography; ROC; Study design

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SAMPLE SIZE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0038335181     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070445     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Abreu M Jr, Mol A, Ludlow JB: Performance of RVGui sensor and Kodak Ektaspeed Plus film for proximal caries detection. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2001;91:381-385.
2. Hanley JA, McNeil BJ: The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Radiology 1982;143:29-36.
3. Hintze H, Wenzel A: Influence of the validation method on diagnostic accuracy for caries. A comparison of six digital and two conventional radiographic systems. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2002;31:44-49.
4. Hintze H, Wenzel A: Diagnostic outcome of methods frequently used for caries validation. A comparison of clinical examination, radiography and histology following hemi- and serial tooth sectioning. Caries Res 2003;37:in press.
5. Hintze H, Wenzel A, Frydenberg M: Accuracy of caries detection with four storage phosphor systems and E-speed radiographs. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2002;31:170-175.
6. Kraemer HC: Evaluating Medical Tests - Objective and Quantitative Guidelines. London, Sage Publications, 1992.
7. Ludlow JB, Abreu M Jr: Performance of film, desktop monitor and laptop displays in caries detection. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 1999;28:26-30.
8. Ludlow JB, Abreu M, Mol A: Performance of a new F-speed film for caries detection. Dentomaxillofac Rad 2001;30:110-113.
9. Metz CE: ROCKIT 0.9B. Beta Version. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 1998, www-radiology.uchicago.edu.
10. Nair MK, Nair UP: An in-vitro evaluation of Kodak Insight and Ektaspeed Plus film with a CMOS detector for natural proximal caries: ROC analysis. Caries Res 2001;35:354-359.
11. Nytun RB, Raadal M, Espelid I: Diagnosis of dentin involvement in occlusal caries based on visual and radiographic examination of the teeth. Scand J Dent Res 1992;100:144-148.
12. Obuchowski NA: Multireader receiver operating characteristic studies: A comparison of study designs. Acad Radiol 1995;2:706-716.
13. Obuchowski NA: Sample size tables for receiver operating characteristic studies. Am J Roentgeonol 2000;175:603-608.
14. Obuchowski NA, Rockette, HE: Hypothesis testing of diagnostic accuracy for multiple readers and multiple tests: An ANOVA approach with dependent observations. Comm Stat 1995;24:285-308.
15. Obuchowski NA, Zepp RC: Simple steps for improving multiple-reader studies in radiology. AJR 1996;166:517-521.
16. Peers A, Hill FJ, Mitropoulos CM, Holloway PJ: Validity and reproducibility of clinical examination, fibre-optic transillumination, and bite-wing radiology for the diagnosis of small approximal carious lesions: An in vitro study. Caries Res 1993;27:307-311.
17. Price C, Ergül N: A comparison of a film-based and a direct digital dental radiographic system using a proximal caries model. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 1997;26:45-52.
18. Swets JA, Pickett RM: Evaluation of Diagnostic Systems. Methods from Signal Detection Theory. New York, Academic Press, 1982.
19. Syriopoulos K, Sanderink GC, Velders XL, van der Stelt PF: Radiographic detection of approximal caries: A comparison of dental films and digital imaging systems. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2000;29:312-318.
20. Tyndall DA, Ludlow JB, Platin E, Nair M: A comparison of Kodak Ektaspeed Plus film and the Siemens Sidexis digital imaging system for caries detection using receiver operating characteristic analysis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1998;85:113-118.
21. Wulff HR: Rational Diagnosis and Treatment. An Introduction to Clinical Decision-Making, ed 2. Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1981.
22. Zweig MH, Campbell G: Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) plots: A fundamental evaluation tool in clinical medicine. Clin Chem 1993;39:561-577.