Abstract
Medical diagnosis aims to identify diseased individuals through the evaluation of the measurements of some biomarkers by performing a diagnostic test based on some biomarker measurements. Biomarkers are measured on either discrete or continuous scale and continuous biomarkers are utilized more often in medical practice. This article introduces the most popular tool for evaluating continuous biomarkers: the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve.
| Original language | American English |
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| Journal | Biometrics and Biostatistics International Journal |
| Volume | 1 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Binary disease status
- Biomarker
- Diagnostic errors
- Medical diagnosis
- ROC curve
- Receiver Operating Characteristic curve
DC Disciplines
- Biostatistics
- Community Health
- Public Health
