Treatment of multiple test readers in diagnostic accuracy systematic reviews-meta-analyses of imaging studies

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-64

  McGrath, Trevor A ^a   McInnes, Matthew D F ^b   Langer, Felipe W ^c   Hong, Jiho ^a   Korevaar, Daniël A ^d   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data reporting research design; Imaging, diagnostic diagnostic imaging; Medicine, evidence based evidence based medicine; Research methodology research design; Review, systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSENSUS; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; READING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85020029218     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.05.032     Document Type: Article

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