A receiver operating characteristic partial area index for highly sensitive diagnostic tests.

1 December 1996

journal article
Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology

Vol. 201 (3) , 745-750
https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.201.3.8939225

Abstract

PURPOSE: Area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (Az) is widely used as an index of diagnostic performance. However, Az is not a meaningful summary of clinical diagnostic perform...

Keywords

MODEL
PARTIAL AREA INDEX
CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE
USED AS AN INDEX