If the assessment was not performed within this period, we included studies if the assessed method could have been used within this period.
Randomly spotted QC samples were analysed together with the rest of the samples to assess method reproducibility.
The procedures used to assess method error were kappa statistics [20, 28, 29] or the Bland-Altman analysis [31].
The weight assessing method by geometric mean is applied because of its simplicity and ease when dealing with fuzzy matrices [10].
Table 1 compares the cross-validation and independent test classification performance of the four assessed methods using the three different evaluation schemes.
A systematic literature search was performed to identify studies assessing methods for the diagnosis and staging of NAFLD/NASH.
The strengths and weaknesses of all the assessed prediction methods are discussed.
Premeditate variations were performed in the experimental conditions of the proposed method to assess the method robustness.
The assessed EMR screening method for the identification of MUPS patients is very specific.
Quasi-static and hysteresis tests are presented to assess the method, with promising results.
