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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Main Authors: Massimo Attanasio, Marco Enea, Leonardo Rizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2013-05-01
Series:Statistica
Online Access:http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3588

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