Use of 3×2 tables with an intention to diagnose approach to assess clinical performance of diagnostic tests: Meta-analytical evaluation of coronary CT angiography studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7881, 2012, Pages

  Schuetz, Georg M ^a   Schlattmann, Peter ^b   Dewey, Marc ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXAMINATION TABLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXAMINATION TABLES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868317360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6717     Document Type: Article

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