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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1996 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 1997 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 1998 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 1999 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2000 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2001 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2002 | 0 | 56 | 56 |
| 2003 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2004 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| 2005 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2006 | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| 2007 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2008 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| 2009 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2010 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2011 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| 2012 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| 2013 | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| 2014 | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| 2015 | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| 2016 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| 2017 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 2018 | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| 2019 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2020 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2021 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2022 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluation of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Point-of-Care Antibody Tests for Biomarker-Guided Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 17; 231(3):677-683.
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Clinical Performance of an N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Assay in Acute Heart Failure Diagnosis. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 Mar 03; 10(2):325-338.
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A Novel Sensitivity Maximization at a Given Specificity Method for Binary Classifications. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2025 Mar 03; 18(3):117-123.
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Comprehensive normalization and binary classification methods for enhanced sensitivity and reproducibility in Luminex assay quantitation. J Immunol Methods. 2025 Mar; 538:113826.
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Understanding BI-RADS Category 3. Radiographics. 2025 Jan; 45(1):e240169.
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A quantitative PCR to detect non-toxigenic Clostridioides difficile. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Jan 07; 13(1):e0160824.
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Deep Learning for Automated Segmentation of Basal Cell Carcinoma on Mohs Micrographic Surgery Frozen Section Slides. Dermatol Surg. 2025 Apr 01; 51(4):355-359.
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Economic Value of Bronchoscopy Technologies that Improves Sensitivity for Malignancy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Dec; 21(12):1759-1769.
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A comparison of the diagnostic capability of Kato-Katz and real-time PCR for the assessment of treatment efficacy of ivermectin and albendazole combination against T. trichiura infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Nov; 18(11):e0012677.
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Estimating sojourn time and sensitivity of screening for ovarian cancer using a Bayesian framework. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Nov 01; 116(11):1798-1806.