Sensitivity and Specificity

"Sensitivity and Specificity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID	D012680
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.872 E05.318.780.800 G17.800 N05.715.360.750.725 N05.715.360.780.700 N06.850.520.445.800 N06.850.520.830.872
Concept/Terms	Sensitivity and Specificity Sensitivity and Specificity Specificity and Sensitivity Sensitivity Sensitivity Specificity Specificity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sensitivity and Specificity".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Sensitivity and Specificity [E05.318.740.872]
Epidemiologic Research Design [E05.318.780]
Sensitivity and Specificity [E05.318.780.800]
Biological Sciences [G]
Mathematical Concepts [G17]
Sensitivity and Specificity [G17.800]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N05.715.360.750.725]
Epidemiologic Research Design [N05.715.360.780]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N05.715.360.780.700]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Research Design [N06.850.520.445]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N06.850.520.445.800]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N06.850.520.830.872]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sensitivity and Specificity".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sensitivity and Specificity".

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Bar chart showing 1000 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 74 publications in 2005

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	1
1994	4	4
1995	5	5
1996	7	7
1997	8	8
1998	5	5
1999	7	7
2000	12	12
2001	6	6
2002	41	41
2003	51	51
2004	66	66
2005	74	74
2006	60	60
2007	58	58
2008	71	71
2009	63	63
2010	54	54
2011	54	54
2012	51	51
2013	42	42
2014	55	55
2015	54	54
2016	36	36
2017	34	34
2018	18	18
2019	25	25
2020	15	15
2021	18	18
2022	5	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.

Kennard K, Wang O, Kjelstrom S, Larson S, Sizer LM, Carruthers C, Carter WB, Ciocca R, Sabol J, Frazier TG, Carp NZ. Outcomes of Abbreviated MRI (Ab-MRI) for Women of any Breast Cancer Risk and Breast Density in a Community Academic Setting. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct; 29(10):6215-6221.

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Baker CM, Goh GS, Tarabichi S, Shohat N, Parvizi J. Synovial C-Reactive Protein is a Useful Adjunct for Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection. J Arthroplasty. 2022 12; 37(12):2437-2443.e1.

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Turco S, Tiyarattanachai T, Ebrahimkheil K, Eisenbrey J, Kamaya A, Mischi M, Lyshchik A, Kaffas AE. Interpretable Machine Learning for Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions by Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2022 May; 69(5):1670-1681.

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Yun JH, Horrow MM, Goykhman I, Rodgers SK. The Confounding Ultrasound Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy: Lessons From Peer Learning. Ultrasound Q. 2022 Dec 01; 38(4):272-283.

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Wang F, Dong Z, Reese TG, Rosen B, Wald LL, Setsompop K. 3D Echo Planar Time-resolved Imaging (3D-EPTI) for ultrafast multi-parametric quantitative MRI. Neuroimage. 2022 04 15; 250:118963.

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Siqueira M, Chisari E, Yacovelli S, Goswami K, Brownfield M, Shohat N, Parvizi J. Commercial Synovial Antibody Testing is No Better Than Traditional Culture in Identification of Pathogen(s) Causing Periprosthetic Joint Infection. J Arthroplasty. 2022 04; 37(4):777-780.

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Ipp E, Liljenquist D, Bode B, Shah VN, Silverstein S, Regillo CD, Lim JI, Sadda S, Domalpally A, Gray G, Bhaskaranand M, Ramachandra C, Solanki K. Pivotal Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence System for Autonomous Detection of Referrable and Vision-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 11 01; 4(11):e2134254.

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Shannon BA, Ahlawat S, Morris CD, Levin AS, Fayad LM. Do contrast-enhanced and advanced MRI sequences improve diagnostic accuracy for indeterminate lipomatous tumors? Radiol Med. 2022 Jan; 127(1):90-99.

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Wang F, Dong Z, Wald LL, Polimeni JR, Setsompop K. Simultaneous pure T2 and varying T2'-weighted BOLD fMRI using Echo Planar Time-resolved Imaging for mapping cortical-depth dependent responses. Neuroimage. 2021 12 15; 245:118641.

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Mitsnefes M, Flynn JT, Brady T, Baker-Smith C, Daniels SR, Hayman LL, Tran A, Zachariah JP, Urbina EM. Pediatric Ambulatory Blood Pressure Classification: The Case for a Change. Hypertension. 2021 11; 78(5):1206-1210.

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