Evidence-based radiology: How to quickly assess the validity and strength of publications in the diagnostic radiology literature

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 915-922

  Dodd, Jonathan D ^a   MacEneaney, Peter M ^b   Malone, Dermot E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile duct calculi; Cholangiopancreatography; Comparative studies; Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography; Evidence based medicine; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATIONS; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 2542488388     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2145-8     Document Type: Review

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