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Salameh J, Moher D, McGrath T, Frank R, Sharifabadi A, Islam N, et al.
J Appl Lab Med . 2024 Dec; 10(2):416-431. PMID: 39699177
Background: We evaluated reporting of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) systematic reviews using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)-DTA and PRISMA-DTA for abstracts. Methods: We searched MEDLINE for...
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Dubois C, Dawit H, Korevaar D, Vali Y, Al Sibaaie A, Frank R, et al.
J Clin Epidemiol . 2024 Jul; 173:111459. PMID: 39004321
Objectives: To evaluate the completeness of reporting in a sample of abstracts on diagnostic accuracy studies before and after the release of Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (STARD)...
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Frank R, Salameh J, Islam N, Yang B, Murad M, Mustafa R, et al.
Radiology . 2023 Mar; 307(3):e221437. PMID: 36916896
Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies can provide the best available evidence to inform decisions regarding the use of a diagnostic test. In this guide, the authors provide a practical...
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Frank R, Dawit H, Bossuyt P, Leeflang M, Flood T, Breau R, et al.
J Magn Reson Imaging . 2022 Sep; 57(4):1172-1184. PMID: 36054467
Background: Biparametric (bp)-MRI and multiparametric (mp)-MRI may improve the diagnostic accuracy of renal mass histology. Purpose: To evaluate the available evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of bp-MRI and mp-MRI for...
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Kazi S, Frank R, Salameh J, Fabiano N, Absi M, Pozdnyakov A, et al.
J Magn Reson Imaging . 2022 Feb; 56(3):680-690. PMID: 35166411
Background: Despite the nearly ubiquitous reported use of peer review among reputable medical journals, there is limited evidence to support the use of peer review to improve the quality of...
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Frank R, Fabiano N, Hallgrimson Z, Korevaar D, Cohen J, Bossuyt P, et al.
J Magn Reson Imaging . 2022 Jan; 56(2):380-390. PMID: 34997786
Background: Preferential publication of studies with positive findings can lead to overestimation of diagnostic test accuracy (i.e. publication bias). Understanding the contribution of the editorial process to publication bias could...
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Hallgrimson Z, Fabiano N, Salameh J, Treanor L, Frank R, Sharifabadi A, et al.
Can Assoc Radiol J . 2021 Apr; 73(1):49-55. PMID: 33874758
Purpose: To examine if tweeting bias exists within imaging literature by determining if diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies with positive titles or conclusions are tweeted more than non-positive studies. Methods:...
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Islam N, Salameh J, Leeflang M, Hooft L, McGrath T, van der Pol C, et al.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev . 2020 Nov; 11:CD013639. PMID: 33242342
Background: The respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection continues to present diagnostic challenges. Early research showed thoracic (chest) imaging to be sensitive but not specific in the diagnosis of coronavirus...
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Treanor L, Frank R, Atyani A, Sharifabadi A, Hallgrimson Z, Fabiano N, et al.
AJR Am J Roentgenol . 2020 Nov; 216(1):225-232. PMID: 33170736
Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether imaging diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies with positive conclusions or titles have a shorter time to publication than those with...
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Salameh J, Leeflang M, Hooft L, Islam N, McGrath T, van der Pol C, et al.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev . 2020 Sep; 9:CD013639. PMID: 32997361
Background: The diagnosis of infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) presents major challenges. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing is used to diagnose a current...