Analysis of diagnostic confidence and diagnostic accuracy: A unified framework

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 951, 2007, Pages 152-160

  Ng, C S ^a   Palmer, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347242443     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/64096611     Document Type: Article

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