Open AccessDetection and estimation of the volume of pneumothorax using real-time sonography: efficacy determined by receiver operating characteristic analysis.
Author(s) -
Christopher L. Sistrom,
C T Reiheld,
K K Wallace
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.166.2.8553938
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , pneumothorax , radiology , radiography , jackknife resampling , nuclear medicine , medical diagnosis , statistics , estimator , mathematics
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of real-time sonography for the detection and estimation of the volume of pneumothorax using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis in 27 patients evaluated by five radiologists using previously described sonographic findings.