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Statistical Computing in Nuclear Imaging
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Statistical Computing in Nuclear Imaging

by Arkadiusz Sitek
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
275 pages
9h 12m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Statistical Computing in Nuclear Imaging
Basic statistical concepts 21
involved this will never be the case and some level of approximation whe
n
constructing a model will have to be used. Therefore, there is some level
of subjectivity used when a model is assumed. Therefore, so-called “objec-
tive” a nalysis frequently lacks objectivity as well because the model is never
exact.
Subjectivity is unavoidable in decision making. We should not for get
t
hat the endpoint of any analysis in medical imaging or for that matter in
medicine is not the posterior or likelihood but rather the decision. Assum-
ing that statistical analysis is p erformed objectively the decision (disease
present or not, optimal course of therapy, etc.) still ha s to be ma de and this
decision will require a subjective judgment. ...
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ISBN: 9781439849347