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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| 1995 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 1996 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1997 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 1998 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 1999 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2000 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2001 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2002 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2003 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2004 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| 2005 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2006 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2007 | 0 | 76 | 76 |
| 2008 | 0 | 96 | 96 |
| 2009 | 0 | 84 | 84 |
| 2010 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2011 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2012 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| 2013 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 2014 | 0 | 64 | 64 |
| 2015 | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| 2016 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2017 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2018 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2020 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2021 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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