Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1316-1322 , November 2009

Use of Bayesian Modeling to Estimate the Sensitivity of Stereotactic Directional Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy When the Gold Standard is Incomplete

  • Jane Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Hung Kuo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shin-Liang Pan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • King-Jen Chang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Chuan Teng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: T.T.-F.S.

Received 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00307-9

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.010

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1316-1322 , November 2009

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