An elliptic spatial scan statistic

被引：361

作者：

Kulldorff, Martin

Huang, Lan

Pickle, Linda

Duczmal, Luiz

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Ambulatory Care & Prevent, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[2] Harvard Pilgrim Hlth Care, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[3] Univ Connecticut, Dept Stat, Storrs, CT 06269 USA

[4] NCI, Stat Applicat & Res Branch, Div Canc Control & Populat Studies, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

[5] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Dept Estatist, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

来源：

STATISTICS IN MEDICINE | 2006年 / 25卷 / 22期

关键词：

disease surveillance; clusters; clustering; spatial statistics; eccentricity penalty; statistical power;

D O I：

10.1002/sim.2490

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The spatial scan statistic is commonly used for geographical disease cluster detection, cluster evaluation and disease surveillance. The most commonly used shape of the scanning window is circular. In this paper we explore an elliptic version of the spatial scan statistic, using a scanning window of variable location, shape (eccentricity), angle and size, and with and without an eccentricity penalty. The method is applied to breast cancer mortality data from Northeastern United States and female oral cancer mortality in the United States. Power comparisons are made with the circular scan statistic. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

引用

页码：3929 / 3943

页数：17

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