Basic Principles of ROC Analysis.

Metz, C. E. (1978). Basic Principles of ROC Analysis. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 8(4), 283-298.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1978

Volume

8

Issue

4

Pages

283-298

ISSN

0001-2998

DOI

10.1016/s0001-2998(78)80014-2

DOI registrant

Elsevier

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0001-2998(78)80014-2

Cited from

cognitive_science

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2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Signal Detection Theory
  • In medical screening, the entire ROC-and-AUC vocabulary of mammography, lab assays, and rapid tests is signal-detection theory applied.

    This sourceCanonical exposition of ROC and AUC analysis as applied to medical diagnostic and screening tests.

Domain-specific

• Receiver Operating Characteristic
  • In diagnostic radiology, ROC analysis is the standard apparatus for comparing imaging systems, developed extensively by Charles Metz and colleagues at Chicago.

    This sourceMetz's account of ROC analysis as the empirical description of the decision-threshold effect in diagnostic testing, tied directly to cost/benefit analysis of diagnostic decisions.

    Supported in partVerified against a saved copy of the source

    “The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is shown to be a simple yet complete empirical description of this decision threshold effect, indicating all possible combinations of the relative frequencies of the various kinds of correct and incorrect decisions.”

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