Meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy in imaging journals: Analysis of pooling techniques and their effect on summary estimates of diagnostic accuracy

Radiology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-85

  McGrath, Trevor A ^a   McInnes, Matthew D F ^b   Korevaar, Daniël A ^c   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84989221524     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016152229     Document Type: Article

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