Fundamental measures of diagnostic examination performance: Usefulness for clinical decision making and research

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Langlotz, Curtis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWO BY TWO CONTIGENCY TABLE;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0038714537     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2281011106     Document Type: Review

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