title: [ROC analysis and one of its applications to fMRI data].
abstract: The purpose of this study is to show the basic principle of receiver operating characteristic (ROC). Some advantages of ROC were given. A simple ROC curve was made to explain the method of plotting. An example of ROC applied to fMRI data was displayed, which showed that ROC can be effectively used in fMRI data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China.
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Huanwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yiyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012372:ROC Curve; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted