Mutual information as an index of diagnostic test performance

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-264

  Benish, William A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Entropy; Information theory; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTROPY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0038713719     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634358     Document Type: Article

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