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Spatial Cluster Inference

Spatial Cluster Inference is a statistical methodology used in geographic epidemiology that identifies non-random aggregations of disease occurrences in space by distinguishing meaningful spatial patterns from background variation through rigorous hypothesis testing.

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342

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203

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2017–2026

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Publications

121

The Analysis of Spatial Association by Use of Distance Statistics

Arthur Getis, J. K. Ord · Geographical Analysis · 1992 · 6K citations

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Threshold-free cluster enhancement: Addressing problems of smoothing, threshold dependence and localisation in cluster inference

Stephen M. Smith, Thomas E. Nichols · NeuroImage · 2008 · 5.6K citations

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A spatial scan statistic

Martin Kulldorff · Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods · 1997 · 4K citations

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Cluster failure: Why fMRI inferences for spatial extent have inflated false-positive rates

Anders Eklund, Thomas E. Nichols, Hans Knutsson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Spatial disease clusters: Detection and inference

Martin Kulldorff, Neville Nagarwalla · Statistics in Medicine · 1995 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

342

  1. MK
    Martin Kulldorff

    Harvard University, United States

    6 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. RE
    Ronald E. Gangnon

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    4 publications · 138 citations

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  3. AL
    Andrew Lawson

    Medical University of South Carolina, United States

    4 publications · 113 citations

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  4. TE
    Thomas E. Nichols

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 9.3K citations

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  5. DB
    Daniel B. Neill

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    3 publications · 175 citations

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Institutions

203

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    302 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    353 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    414 citations

  4. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    689 citations

  5. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

    Ouro Preto, Brazil

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    311 citations

  6. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    353 citations

  7. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    3.7K citations

  8. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

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Venues

  1. Statistics in Medicine

    13 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Biometrics

    6 publications · 532 citations

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  3. International Journal of Health Geographics

    5 publications · 371 citations

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  4. Preventive Veterinary Medicine

    4 publications · 147 citations

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  5. NeuroImage

    4 publications · 6.1K citations

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