Sentences with phrase «incidence of false positives»

This goal requires knowledge of the incidence of false positives such as eclipsing binaries in the background of the targets, or physically bound to them, which can mimic the photometric signal of a transiting planet.

To increase the accuracy of medical screening and reduce the incidence of false positives, Chuong, along with UCSB chemistry and biochemistry professors Martin Moskovits and Galen Stucky and Stanford chemical engineering professor Tom Soh, designed a biomedical assay that eliminates the readout of these faulty results.

It does have a high incidence of false positives and can have a false negative.

After any heartworm treatment, the antigen heartworm tests have a greater incidence of false positive results since the test is for antigens that are released from dead heartworms as well as live heartworms.

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A new genetic test that analyzes the free DNA floating in a pregnant woman's blood was proven to be more effective at predicting chromosomal disorders compared with standard screening tests, due to its much smaller incidence of false - positive results.