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UNPUBLISHED PRIMER:
The Application of Information Theory to Diagnostic Testing: A Primer
The review article published in Entropy in 2020 (see below) is probably a better reference.
PUBLISHED PAPERS:
Relative Entropy as an Measure of Diagnostic Information
This article is not an exact copy of the original published article in Medical Decision Making. The definitive publisher-authenticated version of this paper was published in 1999 (19:202-6) and is available online for a fee. A reprint is available upon request from the author.
The Use of Information Graphs to Evaluate and Compare Diagnostic Tests
This article was published in Methods of Information in Medicine in 2002 (41 2:114-8). A reprint is available upon request from the author.
Mutual Information as an Index of Diagnostic Test Performance
This article was published in Methods of Information in Medicine in 2003 (42 3:260-264). A reprint is available upon request from the author.
This article was published in Methods of Information in Medicine in 2009 (48 6:552-7).
The Channel Capacity of a Diagnostic Test as a Function of Test Sensitivity and Test Specificity
This article was published in Statistical Methods in Medical Research in 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. A copy of the article is available upon request from the author.
A Review of the Application of Information Theory to Clinical Diagnostic Testing
This article was published in Entropy in 2020.
An Information Theoretic Measure for Balance Assessment in Comparative Clinical Studies
Published in Entropy in 2020 with Jarod E. Dalton and Nikolas I. Krieger.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:
Quantifying Diagnostic Information
Published with Thomas D. Schneider in the Journal of General Internal Medicine in 1997 (12, supplement 1 :59).
The Use of Information Graphs to Evaluate and Compare Diagnostic Test Performance
Published in Medical Decision Making in 1999 (19:4, p.528).
Mutual Information as a Summary Index of Diagnostic Test Performance
Published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine in 2001 (16, supplement: 118).
Quantifying Diagnostic Test Performance: Area versus Bits
Published with Rachel E. Benish in the Journal of General Internal Medicine in 2003 (18, supplement 1: 162).
Quantification of Diagnostic Discrimination and Calibration in Units of Bits of Information
Presented with Matthew T. Karafa and Neal V. Dawson at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, October 21-24, 2005.
Published in Medical Decision Making in 2006 (26:1).
The Channel Capacity of a Binary Diagnostic Test
Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, October 21-24, 2010.
Published in Medical Decision Making in 2011 (31:1,E160)
Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, October 19-23, 2013.
Published in Medical Decision Making in 2014 (34:2,E89)
Quantifying Rank Order Discrimination in Units of Information
Presented with Jarrod E. Dalton and Neal V. Dawson at the 37th Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, October 18-21, 2015.
Published in Medical Decision Making in 2016 (36:5, E132)
Advantages of Quantifying Diagnostic Information in Units of Information Rather Than Area
Presented with Jarred E. Dalton and Neal V. Dawson at the 39th Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, October 22-25, 2017.
Published in Medical Decision Making in 2018 (38:1, E249).
Quantifying the Information Provided by Multiple Diagnostic Tests
Published in Medical Decision Making in 2020 (40:1, E258).
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