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Mary Fitzpatrick; George Goldberg; Robert Hirsch; Maria G. M. Hunink; Maurie Mar
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Optimization of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies is an important element of medical science (1). For diagnostic imaging, Fryback and Thombury (2) have described a six-stage hierarchical model of efficacy in which diagnostic technology can be assessed. The initial stages of the model describe ef