Diagnostic accuracy of computer-aided detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in chest radiographs: A validation study from sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Breuninger, Marianne ^a,b,c   Van Ginneken, Bram ^d   Philipsen, Rick H H M ^d   Mhimbira, Francis ^b   Hella, Jerry J ^b   Lwilla, Fred ^b   Van Den Hombergh, Jan ^e   Ross, Amanda ^a,f   Jugheli, Levan ^a,b,f   Wagner, Dirk ^c   Reither, Klaus ^a,b,f  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e PharmAccess International   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907002862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106381     Document Type: Article

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