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An Extension of the Bland–Altman Plot for Analyzing the Agreement of More than Two Raters [PDF]

Diagnostics, 2021
The Bland–Altman plot is the most common method to analyze and visualize agreement between raters or methods of quantitative outcomes in health research.
Sören Möller, Birgit Debrabant, Ulrich Halekoh, Andreas Kristian Petersen, Oke Gerke   +4 more
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Rethinking the Bland-Altman plot when quantifying virtual coronary physiology [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Angiography-derived, or “virtual” fractional flow reserve (vFFR) is beginning to replace invasive assessment in some catheterisation laboratories. Despite its incorporation into clinical guidelines, recent clinical outcomes data have cast doubt over its ...
Daniel J. Taylor, Daniel J. Taylor, Daniel J. Taylor, Harry Saxton, Harry Saxton, Ian Halliday, Ian Halliday, Julian P. Gunn, Julian P. Gunn, Julian P. Gunn, Julian P. Gunn, Paul D. Morris, Paul D. Morris, Paul D. Morris, Paul D. Morris   +14 more
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Is the Bland-Altman plot method useful without inferences for accuracy, precision, and agreement? [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE This study aims to propose a comprehensive alternative to the Bland-Altman plot method, addressing its limitations and providing a statistical framework for evaluating the equivalences of measurement techniques.
Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira, Joaquim Edson Vieira, José de Oliveira Siqueira   +2 more
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Mercury Intake Estimation in Adult Individuals from Trieste, Italy: Hair Mercury Assessment and Validation of a Newly Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire

Pollutants, 2023
Seafood constitutes the primary source of exposure to the organic form of mercury in the general population, and the Trieste Gulf is considered a hotspot of mercury contamination.
Andrea De Giovanni, Vincenzo Iannuzzi, Gianni Gallello, Cristina Giuliani, Mauro Marini, M. Luisa Cervera, Donata Luiselli   +6 more
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Bland–Altman agreement analysis between CT predicted and surgical peritoneal cancer index in pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin

Scientific Reports, 2023
Peritoneal cancer index (PCI) is the surgical variable most commonly used to quantify the extent of peritoneal metastases for pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) patients.
Mingjian Bai, Jingliang Chen, Yueming Xu, Jing Feng, Ruiqing Ma, Hongmin Jia, Hongbin Xu, Guowei Liang, Hongjiang Wei   +8 more
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Upper stem diameter and volume prediction strategies in the National Forest Inventory of Finland

Silva Fennica, 2023
In forest inventories, field data are needed for the prediction of tree volumes. However, gathering field data requires resources, such as labour, equipment, and data management operations.
Virpi Stenman, Annika Kangas, Markus Holopainen   +2 more
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Differences in circulating fatty acid-binding protein 4 concentration in the venous and capillary blood immediately after acute exercise

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2021
Background Circulating fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) is a marker for various diseases. It would be highly useful to have simple and less invasive techniques for the assessment of FABP4 concentrations in the clinical research setting.
Shigeharu Numao, Ryota Uchida, Takashi Kurosaki, Masaki Nakagaichi   +3 more
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Performance evaluation of QuantStudio 1 plus real-time PCR instrument for clinical laboratory analysis: A proof-of-concept study

Practical Laboratory Medicine, 2023
Objective: The real-time PCR system is one of the most powerful research tools available in the life sciences field. The aim of this study was to preliminarily evaluate the analytical performance of QuantStudio 1 Plus real-time PCR system (QS 1 plus) for
Ziran Wang, Jie Yi, Qi Yu, Yiwei Liu, Rui Zhang, Dong Zhang, Wenhang Yang, Yingchun Xu, Yu Chen   +8 more
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Decoding the Bland–Altman plot: Basic review

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2017
The Bland–Altman plot is a method for comparing two measurements of the same variable. The concept is that X-axis is the mean of your two measurements, and the Y-axis is the difference between the two measurements. The chart can then highlight anomalies,
Aakshi Kalra
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Design of a new method for detection of occupancy in the smart home using an FBG sensor [PDF]

, 2020
This article introduces a new way of using a fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensor for detecting the presence and number of occupants in the monitored space in a smart home (SH).
Fajkus, Marcel, Martinek, Radek, Nedoma, Jan, Vaňuš, Jan   +3 more
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