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. 2021 Dec 17;35(1):163–186. doi: 10.1007/s10334-021-00985-2

Table 2.

Modified QUADAS-2 tool

QUADAS domain Risk of bias questions
Domain 1: Patient selection

Study design (retrospective vs prospective)

Patient selection

Clear description of selection criteria

Case description

Domain 2: Index test

Image acquisition description

Image analysis description

Region of interest and data extraction

Doman 3: Reference test

Tumor classification quality

Treatment details description

Domain 4: Flow and timing Timing of treatment and imaging described
Domain 5: Data analysis, processing, and reporting

Withdrawals and exclusions explained

Statistical tests reported and sufficient

Data availability

The quality of the reporting for each study was assessed in five domains. For each domain, one to three aspects were scored as having low, medium, or high risk of bias. A detailed explanation is provided in Supplementary Materials