title: Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves.
abstract: Receiver operator characteristic curves describe the trade-off between appropriate diagnoses of true disease and inappropriate positive diagnoses in healthy persons. ROC curves may be used to compare the accuracy of two or more tests, diagnostic algorithms, or the performance of diagnosticians.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques / Q000592:standards; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D012372:ROC Curve