Joint estimation of diagnostic accuracy measures for paired organs - Application in ophthalmology

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 837-850

  de Leon, Alexander R ^a   Soo, Andrea ^a   Bonzo, Daniel C ^b   Rudnisky, Christopher J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b XenoPort Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common correlation model; Correlated binary data; Coverage probability; Moments estimation; Predictive values; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BINOCULARS; DIAGNOSIS; EYE PROTECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BINARY DATA; COMMON CORRELATION MODEL; CORRELATED BINARY DATA; CORRELATION MODELING; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MOMENT ESTIMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

BIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 73949140852     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200800123     Document Type: Article

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