Alternative performance index to analyze receiver operating characteristic data under the exponential assumption

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Sanchez Marin, Francisco J ^a   Padilla Medina, Jose A ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VISUAL DETECTION;

CALCULATIONS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748037711     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2195462     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. J. A. Swets, Signal Detection and Recognition by Human Observers, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1964).
2. D. M. Green and J. A. Swets, Signal Detection Theory and Psychophysics, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1966).
3. J. Nachmias and E. C. Kocher, "Visual detection and discrimination of luminance increments," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 60, 382-389 (1970).
4. L. B. Lusted, "Signal detectability and medical decision-making," Science 171, 1217-1219 (1971).
5. J. P. Egan, Signal Detection Theory and ROC Analysis, Academic Press, New York (1975).
6. A. Burgess, "Image quality, the ideal observer, and human performance of radiologic decision tasks," Acad. Radiol. 2, 522-526 (1995a).
7. A. Burgess, "Comparison of receiver operating characteristic and forced choice observer performance measurement methods," Med. Phys. 22, 643-655 (1995b).
8. W. B. Jackson, M. R. Said, D. A. Jared, J. O. Larimer, J. L. Gille, and J. Lubin, "Evaluation of human vision models for predicting human-observer performance," Proc. SPIE 3036, 64-73 (1997).
9. J. A. Hanley, "The robustness of the 'binormal' assumptions used in fitting ROC curves," Med. Decis Making 8, 197-203 (1988).
10. H. H. Barrett, "Objective assessment of image quality: effects of quantum noise and object variability," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 1266-1277 (1990).
11. J. A. Swets and R. M. Pickett, Evaluation of Diagnostic Systems, Academic Press, New York (1982).
12. C. E. Metz, "ROC methodology in radiological imaging," Invest. Radiol. 21, 720-733 (1986).
13. J. A. Swets, Signal Detection Theory and ROC Analysis in Psychology and Diagnostics, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ (1996).
14. R. Van Metter and T. E. Kocher, "Visual study of perceptually optimized displays," Proc. SPIE 3036, 313-325 (1997).
15. C. A. Beam and H. L. Moffitt, "Statistical constancy between binormal parameters in reader populations," in Medical Imaging 2003: Image Perception, Observer Performance, Proc. SPIE 5034, 225-229 (2003).
16. C. E. Metz and X. Pan, "Proper binormal ROC curves: theory and maximum-likelihood estimation," J. Math. Psychol. 43, 1-33 (1999).
17. J. A. Swets, W. P. Tanner, and T. G. Birdsall, "Decision process in perception," Psychol. Rev. 68, 301-340 (1961).
18. J. Nachmias and R. M. Steinman, "Study of absolute visual detection by the rating-scale method," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 53, 1206-1213 (1963).
19. J. Markowitz and J. A. Swets, "Factors affecting the slope of empirical ROC curves: comparison of binary and rating responses," Percept. Psychophys. 2, 91-100 (1967).
20. N. A. Macmillan and C. D. Creelman, Detection Theory: A User's Guide, Cambridge University Press, New York (1991).
21. J. P. Egan, A. I. Schulman, and G. Z. Greenberg, "Operating characteristics by binary decisions and by ratings," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 31, 768-777 (1959).
22. P. R. Bevington, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, McGraw Hill, New York (1969).