Performance evaluation of medical expert systems using ROC curves

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 297-313

  Adlassnig, Klaus Peter ^a   Scheithauer, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0024324632     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(89)90026-8     Document Type: Article

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