first author
Year of Publication
True Positive
False Positive
False Negative
True Negative
Period of publication(before or after 1998)
Prospective design
Study size greater than 30
Verification of all by same method
Satisfactory description of index test
Statisfactory description of ref test
Adequate description of study subjects
Satisfactory reporting of results
Consecutive selection of subjects
Broad  spectrum of disease
Blinded interpretation of ref and index tests
Number Data Units Per Study
Quality score
Mean Age
Prior Fasting of at leasst 4-6 hours
Resolution of PET Camera
Appropriate dose used
Uptake Period specified
Duration of image acqusition
Test criteria described
Multiple Observers
Attenuation correction of PET images
Dedicated axillary imaging
Study-specfic Prevalence of axillary Metastases
Unit of Data Analysis(Patient versus Nodes)
Mode of analysis