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.
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)
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D012680
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| 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
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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Performance of an artificial intelligence-based tool for cervical precancer screening in five countries in Africa: a prospective, observational, diagnostic accuracy study. Lancet Glob Health. 2026 Jan; 14(1):e49-e60.
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A Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments/College of American Pathologists-Compliant Noninvasive Laboratory-Developed Test for Early Detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. J Mol Diagn. 2025 Jan; 27(1):54-61.
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Internal validation of Automated Visual Evaluation (AVE) on smartphone images for cervical cancer screening in a prospective study in Zambia. Cancer Med. 2024 Jun; 13(11):e7355.
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Office-Based Urinalysis: A Comprehensive Review. Am Fam Physician. 2022 07; 106(1):27-35B.
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Electrical impedance tomography for non-invasive identification of fatty liver infiltrate in overweight individuals. Sci Rep. 2021 10 06; 11(1):19859.
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