Interpreting diagnostic accuracy studies for patient care
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Interpreting diagnostic accuracy studies for patient care.
plot of sensitivity against 1−specificity (or false positive rate). Figure 2 shows an ROC plot of test accuracy of a single test at different thresholds. ROC plots are also used within studies to compare different tests, to compare different groups of patients, and to investigate variability between different test observers (readers). ROC plots are useful in systematic reviews to present result...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e3999