Application of receiver operating characteristics curve (ROC) analysis when definitive and suspect morphologic flags appear in the new coulter LH 750 analyzer

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-23

  Aulesa, Carlos ^a   Pastor, I ^a   Naranjo, D ^a   Galimany, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Area under curve (AUC); Automated hematology analyzer; Beckman Coulter LH 750 analyzer; Efficiency; Leukocyte differential count; Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity; VCS technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALARM MONITORING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EOSINOPHILIA; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONOCYTOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PUBLICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 1842431941     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.03030     Document Type: Article

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