Fuzzy receiver operating characteristic curve: An option to evaluate diagnostic tests

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-250

  Castanho, Maria J P ^a   Barros, Laecio C ^b   Yamakami, Akebo ^b   Vendite, L Laercio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Fuzzy rule based system (FRBS); Prostatic neoplasms; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC) CURVE;

DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34248594221     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.879593     Document Type: Article

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