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Methods Inf Med 1981; 20(02): 97-100
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635298
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The Measurement of Performance in Probabilistic Diagnosis V. General Recommendations

DIE LEISTUNGSMESSUNG BEI DER WAHRSCHEINLICHKEITSDIAGNOSE — V. ALLGEMEINE EMPFEHLUNGEN
J. D. F. Habbema
1   From the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
,
J. Hilden
1   From the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
,
B. Bjerregaard
1   From the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Guidelines are offered concerning the use of evaluation tools, with emphasis on the simplest and most informative ones amongst those proposed in Parts I—IV of this series. Moreover, the main areas of future research and development, as the authors see them, are pointed out.

Es werden Richtlinien zur Anwendung von Auswertungsmethoden gegeben unter Hervorhebung der einfachsten und informativsten unter den in Teil I—IV dieser Artikelserie vorgeschlagenen. Weiterhin wird auf die nach Auffassung der Autoren wichtigsten Gebiete der zukünftigen Forschung und Entwicklung hingewiesen.

Key-Words:

Computer-aided Diagnosis - Probabilistic Diagnosis - Evaluation of Diagnoses - Evaluation of Medical Decision Aids

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Computerunterstützte Diagnostik - wahrscheinlichkeitstheoretische Diagnose - Auswertung von Diagnosen - Auswertung medizinischer Entscheidungshilfen
 

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