Beyond diagnostic accuracy. Applying and extending methods for diagnostic test research

Thesis (complete)

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Contents

General Introduction

1 The Diagnostic Odds Ratio: A single indicator of test performance

2 The sensitivity and specificity of tests that locate multiple lesions; evaluating colonography

3 Direct pooling of sensitivity and specificity using bivariate models in meta-analysis of studies of diagnostic accuracy

4 CT colonography at Ultra-Low Radiation Dose

5 Tumor markers in the diagnosis of primary bladder cancer. A systematic review

6 The added value of pre-discharge Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in the long-term risk stratification of chest pain patients

7 Physicians' performance using structured data collection versus diagnostic decision rules in acute ankle injury

8 Physicians' interpretation of ventilation-perfusion lung scans

9 Computed Tomography versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the reduction of diagnostic uncertainty in patients with lumboradicular syndrome

General Discussion

Samenvatting

List of Publications

List of Co-authors

Dankwoord

About the Author

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