Do we need randomized trials to evaluate diagnostic procedures: Against

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Valk, Peter E ^a,b  

^a Northern California PET Imaging Ctr   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RESEARCH;

EVALUATION STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1642430597     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1385-9     Document Type: Review

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