Doug Altman, medical statistician par excellence: What can radiologists learn from his legacy?

S Halligan; D Boone; D Burling; E Helbren; S Mallett; A Plumb

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2024.04.004

Doug Altman, medical statistician par excellence: What can radiologists learn from his legacy?

Clin Radiol. 2024 Apr 17:S0009-9260(24)00195-8. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2024.04.004. Online ahead of print.

Authors

S Halligan¹, D Boone², D Burling³, E Helbren⁴, S Mallett⁵, A Plumb²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Medical Imaging, Division of Medicine, University College London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: s.halligan@ucl.ac.uk.
² Department of Radiology, University College Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Radiology, St. Mark's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, United Kingdom.
⁵ Centre for Medical Imaging, Division of Medicine, University College London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 38729906
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2024.04.004

Abstract

This narrative review describes our experience of working with Doug Altman, the most highly cited medical statistician in the world. Doug was particularly interested in diagnostics, and imaging studies in particular. We describe how his insights helped improve our own radiological research studies and we provide advice for other researchers hoping to improve their own research practice.

Publication types

Review