Combining correlated diagnostic tests: Application to neuropathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 659-669

  Xiong, Chengjie ^a   McKeel Jr , Daniel W ^a   Miller, J Philip ^a   Morris, John C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval estimate; Eigenvalue; Eigenvector; Maximum likelihood estimate; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Z transformation

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; ROC CURVE; SENILE PLAQUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8744249121     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X04271046     Document Type: Article

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