Developing a sensitive search strategy in MEDLINE to retrieve studies on assessment of the diagnostic performance of imaging techniques

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Astin, Margaret P ^a   Brazzelli, Miriam G ^a   Fraser, Cynthia M ^a   Counsell, Carl E ^a   Needham, Gillian ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 44449136493     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2472070101     Document Type: Article

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