Some issues concerning the statistical evaluation of a screening test: the arfi ultrasound case
In this paper we analyze some issues concerning the statistical evaluation of a screening test for classification. The case study is ARFI, an ultrasound device recently introduced, and used for the evaluation of liver fibrosis. First, we present a simple statistical evaluation based on a novel index...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2013-05-01
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Series: | Statistica |
Online Access: | http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3588 |
Summary: | In this paper we analyze some issues concerning the statistical evaluation of a screening test for classification. The case study is ARFI, an ultrasound device recently introduced, and used for the evaluation of liver fibrosis. First, we present a simple statistical evaluation based on a novel index that compare two competitors with respect to a gold standard, and then we propose a procedure that determines a table with the “acceptable” number of measurements to get an “accurate” diagnosis using the ARFI device. |
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ISSN: | 0390-590X 1973-2201 |