ROC and LROC analyses of the effects of lesion contrast, size, and signal-to-noise ratio on detectability in PET images

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 745-754

  Farquhar, Thomas H ^b   Llacer, Jorge ^b   Sayre, James ^b   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^b   Hoffman, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast; Lesion detection; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0034029854     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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