Tag: diagnostic accuracy

A new systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies finds that AI models show high pooled accuracy for detecting pediatric ...

Seven-case study maps the morphology of ETV6::NTRK3-fused thyroid cancer

A seven-case study details the histological and cytopathological features of papillary thyroid carcinoma carrying the ETV6::NTRK3 gene fusion.

Time-Aligned Heart Strain Curves Detect Severe Coronary Disease but Miss Mild Blockages

Time-aligned segmental strain analysis reliably identifies patients with advanced coronary artery disease needing bypass surgery, but cannot distinguish single-vessel disease ...

Visual Guesswork Falls Short in Reading Newborn Hearts, Study Finds

A dual-centre study of 60 newborns found that visual estimation of ventricular function reliably detects severe dysfunction but performs poorly ...

Retinal spectral imaging shows early Parkinson signals but no diagnostic signature yet

A scoping review finds only four in vivo studies of retinal spectral imaging and spectroscopy in Parkinson disease, with weak ...

AI Reads Routine Chest CTs to Flag Osteoporosis in Early Study

A preliminary study of 98 patients found that AI-derived bone density from routine chest CT scans closely matched dedicated QCT ...

Simple lipid and adiposity indices show strong accuracy for spotting metabolic syndrome in Indonesian adults

A cross-sectional study of 317 Indonesian adults found that five lipid and adiposity indices all showed strong, statistically comparable accuracy ...

Blood Test Combining GFAP, NfL and Age Shows Promise for Grading Gliomas Before Surgery

A cross-sectional study reports that a serum model combining GFAP, NfL and age achieved an AUC of 0.916 for distinguishing ...

Sequencing Test Shows High Accuracy for Detecting Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Children

A meta-analysis of seven studies reports pooled sensitivity of 0.94 and specificity of 0.98 for mNGS in diagnosing pediatric Mycoplasma ...

New Review Targets Better Infection Diagnosis in Inflammatory Arthritis Patients

A registered protocol sets out a planned meta-analysis of blood and synovial biomarkers for diagnosing prosthetic joint infection in patients ...

Ultrasound plus blood markers MK and TSP-1 improve placental abruption detection

A retrospective study of 138 women with suspected placental abruption found that combining ultrasound with serum midkine and thrombospondin-1 testing ...

AI shows promise as a complementary tool in dental education, review finds

A systematic review finds AI applications in dental education were frequently linked to favorable diagnostic and examination performance, but the ...

Ultrasound Shows High Accuracy for Paediatric Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus

A retrospective study of 143 children at a Shanghai hospital found ultrasound achieved 90.9 percent sensitivity and specificity for intestinal ...

Neural Network Spots Cell Division in Breast Cancer Tissue with High Accuracy

A customised convolutional neural network detected mitotic figures in breast cancer histopathology images with a reported accuracy of 96.6 percent, ...

Urine Test Strips Show Promise and Limits in Rapid CSF Analysis

A prospective study of 285 CSF samples found that urine test strips reliably exclude blood contamination but miss most cases ...

Routine Heart Monitors Reveal Hidden Sleep Breathing Problems in Stroke Patients

A large French cohort study found that ECG Holter monitoring combined with wrist oximetry can screen post-stroke patients for sleep-disordered ...

Self-collected first-void urine cytology as a non-invasive triage tool for endometrial cancer detection

A prospective Manchester study found 73.3% sensitivity and 90.7% specificity for self-collected first-void urine cytology in women with postmenopausal bleeding, ...

Systematic review maps PCR accuracy for newborn cytomegalovirus screening

A systematic review of 19 cohorts found favorable diagnostic performance for saliva and dried blood spot PCR screening of congenital ...

Retrospective HCC surgery study compares indices for GLIM-defined malnutrition

In a retrospective study of 210 surgically treated hepatocellular carcinoma patients, PNI had the strongest diagnostic performance for GLIM-defined malnutrition, ...

International observational study tests PANXEON for early pancreatic cancer