Comparing the areas under two or more correlated receiver operating characteristic curves: a nonparametric approach

ER DeLong, DM DeLong, DL Clarke-Pearson - Biometrics, 1988 - JSTOR
Methods of evaluating and comparing the performance of diagnostic tests are of increasing
importance as new tests are developed and marketed. When a test is based on an observed …

A comparison of methods for the estimation of plasma low-and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: the Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Study

DM DeLong, ER DeLong, PD Wood, K Lippel… - Jama, 1986 - jamanetwork.com
Using data from over 10 000 men, women, and children who participated in the Lipid Research
Clinics prevalence studies, we have examined the formula adopted by Friedewald et al 1 …

CT perfusion scanning with deconvolution analysis: pilot study in patients with acute middle cerebral artery stroke

…, DM Delong, C Fitzek, M Herzau, M Wintermark… - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To measure mean cerebral blood flow (CBF) in ischemic and nonischemic
territories and in low-attenuation regions in patients with acute stroke by using deconvolution-…

Nonenhanced helical CT and US in the emergency evaluation of patients with renal colic: prospective comparison

…, BA Carroll, MT Keogan, EK Paulson, DM DeLong… - Radiology, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To compare nonenhanced helical computed tomography (CT) with ultrasonography
(US) for the depiction of urolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During 9 months, 45 …

Helical CT for nephrolithiasis and ureterolithiasis: comparison of conventional and reduced radiation-dose techniques

JP Heneghan, KA McGuire, RA Leder, DM DeLong… - Radiology, 2003 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine the accuracy of unenhanced helical computed tomography (CT)
performed at reduced milliampere-second, and therefore at a reduced patient radiation dose, …

Making the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: do more preoperative CT scans mean fewer negative appendectomies? A 10-year study

…, MB Patel, C Cochran, LG Dodd, DM DeLong… - Radiology, 2010 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the frequency of preoperative computed tomography (CT) in the
evaluation of patients suspected of having appendicitis at one institution during the past 10 years …

[PDF][PDF] Semiquantitative and visual analysis of FDG-PET images in pulmonary abnormalities

VJ Lowe, JM Hoffman, DM DeLong… - Journal of nuclear …, 1994 - Soc Nuclear Med
FDG PET images of the thorax can be analyzed semiquantitatively using standardized
uptake ratios (SUR) or activity ratios between abnormal and normal tissue, or qualitatively by …

Hypervascular Liver Tumors: Low Tube Voltage, High Tube Current Multidetector CT during Late Hepatic Arterial Phase for Detection—Initial Clinical Experience1

…, E Samei, EK Paulson, LM Ho, DT Boll, DM DeLong… - Radiology, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To intraindividually compare a low tube voltage (80 kVp), high tube current computed
tomographic (CT) technique with a standard CT protocol (140 kVp) in terms of image …

Correlation of early dynamic CT perfusion imaging with whole-brain MR diffusion and perfusion imaging in acute hemispheric stroke

…, C Fitzek, DP Barboriak, DM Delong… - American Journal …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Compared with MR imaging, dynamic CT perfusion imaging
covers only a fraction of the whole brain. An important assumption is that CT perfusion …

Comparing risk‐adjustment methods for provider profiling

ER DeLong, ED Peterson, DM DeLong… - Statistics in …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Risk‐adjustment and provider profiling have become common terms as the medical profession
attempts to measure quality and assess value in health care. One of the areas of care …