Assessing probability of malignancy in solid solitary pulmonary nodules with a new Bayesian calculator: improving diagnostic accuracy by means of expanded and updated features

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 155-162

  Soardi, G A ^a   Perandini, Simone ^a   Motton, M ^a   Montemezzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Decision analysis; Lung neoplasms; Medical informatics; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATOR; CANCER RISK; CASE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; BIOPSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84912120589     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3396-2     Document Type: Article

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