Diagnostic Accuracy Measures [PDF]
Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2013 <b><i>Background:</i></b> An increasing number of diagnostic tests and biomarkers have been validated during the last decades, and this will still be a prominent field of research in the future because of the need for personalized medicine.
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A mathematical framework for combining decisions of multiple experts toward accurate and remote diagnosis of malaria using tele-microscopy. [PDF]
, 2012 We propose a methodology for digitally fusing diagnostic decisions made by multiple medical experts in order to improve accuracy of diagnosis. Toward this goal, we report an experimental study involving nine experts, where each one was given more than 8 ...
Dimitrov, Stoyan +6 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Serologic Tests for Strongyloides stercoralis Infection [PDF]
, 2014 Background:The diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) infection is hampered by the suboptimal sensitivity of fecal-based tests. Serological methods are believed to be more sensitive, although assessing their accuracy is difficult because
Albonico, Marco +12 more
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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Papulonodular Lesions of Skin: A Study of 50 Cases [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Skin is one of the frequent site of disease in human body. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is a safe diagnostic method in these cases. FNAC has some limitation, particularly related to representativity of samples, exact typing of
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 The aim of the present study was to identify specific markers that mirror liver fibrosis progression as an alternative to biopsy when biopsy is contraindicated, especially in children.
Yasser E Nassef +3 more
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Early-onset neonatal sepsis: Still room for improvement in procalcitonin diagnostic accuracy studies [PDF]
, 2015 To perform a systematic review assessing accuracy and completeness of diagnostic studies of procalcitonin (PCT) for early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) using the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) initiative.EONS, diagnosed during the ...
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A mixed effect model for bivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies using a copula representation of the random effects distribution [PDF]
, 2015 Diagnostic test accuracy studies typically report the number of true positives, false positives, true negatives and false negatives. There usually exists a negative association between the number of true positives and true negatives, because studies that
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Accuracy of diabetes screening methods used for people with tuberculosis, Indonesia, Peru, Romania, South Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Objective To evaluate the performance of diagnostic tools for diabetes mellitus, including laboratory methods and clinical risk scores, in newly-diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients from four middle-income countries.
Alisjhabana, B +19 more
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A multimodal neuroimaging classifier for alcohol dependence [PDF]
, 2020 With progress in magnetic resonance imaging technology and a broader dissemination of state-of-the-art imaging facilities, the acquisition of multiple neuroimaging modalities is becoming increasingly feasible.
Garbusow, Maria +13 more
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Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews [PDF]
Systematic Reviews, 2013 In 1996, shortly after the founding of The Cochrane Collaboration, leading figures in test evaluation research established a Methods Group to focus on the relatively new and rapidly evolving methods for the systematic review of studies of diagnostic tests.
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