Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 6, Issue 9 , Pages 652-655 , September 2009

ROC, LROC, FROC, AFROC: An Alphabet Soup

  • Xin He, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationXin He, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 601 N Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0856
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  • Eric Frey, PhD

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PII: S1546-1440(09)00276-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.06.001

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 6, Issue 9 , Pages 652-655 , September 2009