Optimization and FROC analysis of rule-based detection schemes using a multiobjective approach

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1089-1093

  Anastasio, Mark A ^a   Kupinski, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Free response receiver operating characteristic (froc) analysis; Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

FREE-RESPONSE RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (FROC); MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RULE-BASED DETECTION SCHEME;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032216624     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.746726     Document Type: Article

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