Some methodological questions concerning free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis as a method for assessing image quality in radiology

Michael B. Harrington

doi:10.1117/12.18841

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1 July 1990 Some methodological questions concerning free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis as a method for assessing image quality in radiology

Michael B. Harrington

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Proceedings Volume 1232, Medical Imaging IV: Image Capture and Display; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18841
Event: Medical Imaging '90, 1990, Newport Beach, CA, United States

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This paper raises methodological questions concerning Free-Response Receiver Operating Characteristic (FROC) analysis as used to judge the quality of images in radiology. This paper has three purposes: describing FROC analysis as used in the literature; discussing whether FROC methods achieve their objectives; and identifying several methodological shortcomings in FROC at the present state of the art that must be solved if FROC is to be fully useful.

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Michael B. Harrington "Some methodological questions concerning free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis as a method for assessing image quality in radiology", Proc. SPIE 1232, Medical Imaging IV: Image Capture and Display, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18841

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