Everything About ___
Live briefing

Everything about Screening

Topics referred to by the same term

Screening may refer to:Screening cultures, a type a medical test that is done to find an infection Screening (economics), a strategy of combating adverse selection Screening (environmental), a set of analytical techniques used to monitor levels of potentially hazardous organic compounds in the environment Screening (medicine), a strategy used in a population to identify an unrecognised disease in individuals without signs or symptoms Screening (printing), a process that represents lighter shades as tiny dots, rather than solid areas, of ink by passing ink through Screening, process stage when cleaning paper pulp Screening (tactical), one military unit providing cover for another in terms of both physical presence and firepower Baggage screening, a security measure Call screening, the process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before deciding how or whether to answer it Electric-field screening, the damping of electric fields caused by the presence of mobile charge carriers Film screening, the displaying of a motion picture or film High-throughput screening, a method for scientific experimentation especially used in drug discovery Mechanical screening, the practice of taking granulated ore material and separating it into multiple grades by particle size Smoke screening, blanketing an area with smoke to provide cover Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: ScreeningA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: EAU-EANM-ESTRO-ESUR-ISUP-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer—2024 Update. Part I: Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Treatment with Curative IntentInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Ker-bloom!The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive ImpairmentCited 23,127 times
  5. Go sideways: ScreenA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: TargetA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").

Noun The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).

Noun Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

Noun The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as:

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. As a proper name

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics