Classifying the diagnosis of study participants in clinical trials: a structured and efficient approach.
Tjitske S R van EngelenMaadrika M N P KanglieInge A H van den BerkMerel L J BouwmanHind J M SuhooliSascha L HeckertJaap StokerPatrick M M BossuytJan M Prinsnull nullPublished in: European radiology experimental (2020)
A structured approach in which study participants are assigned diagnostic labels by assessors with increasing levels of medical experience was an efficient and valid classification method, limiting the workload for medical specialists. We presented a viable option for classifying study participants in large-scale imaging trials (Netherlands National Trial Register number NTR6163).