Treatment of multiple test readers in diagnostic accuracy systematic reviews-meta-analyses of imaging studies

To evaluate the handling of multiple readers in imaging diagnostic accuracy systematic reviews-meta-analyses.Search was performed for imaging diagnostic accuracy systematic reviews that performed meta-analysis from 2005-2015. Handling of multiple readers was classified as: 1) averaged; 2) 'best' reader; 3) 'most experienced' reader; 4) each reader counted individually; 5) random; 6) other; 7) not specified. Incidence and reporting of multiple...