Basic Information
The following fields summarize the data source, setting, experimental conditions, and reference material related to the reader ROC ratings.
1. Source: (Owner of data, free text) Data owner or representative, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and email.
2. Summary: (free text) A succinct description of the reader study (readers, cases, reference method, rating method) with more details on the task and modalities (treatments) under investigation.
3. Publication: (free text) Full references to articles that describe or utilize the reader study or data. This field should also include other sources of information related to the study or data (links to webpages, protocol identifiers).
4. Notes: (free text) This field can alert the user to any peculiar issues related to the data. For example, is there any missing data or corrections to the data?
5. Acknowledgements: (free text)
6. NR: (Number of readers, integer)
7. N0: (Number of normal cases, integer)
8. N1: (Number of abnormal cases, integer)
9. NM: (Number of modalities, integer)
10. AUC1: (AUC Modality 1, floating point)
11. AUC2: (AUC Modality 2, floating point)
12. …
13. AUCn: (AUC Modality n, floating point)
14. DAUC: (Difference in AUCs, floating point)
Key Information
The following items are critical for determining the application area of the components of (co)variance. They may be renamed and regrouped over time as deemed useful.
15. Mod1: (Modality 1, limited choices)
16. Mod2: (Modality 2, limited choices)
a. simulation
b. film radiography
c. digital radiography
d. film with CAD
e. film mammography
f. digital mammography
g. SE MRI
h. CINE MRI
i. Multi-detector row CT
j. Digital breast tomosythesis
k. Mammography + ultrasound
l. Mammography + ultrasound + CAD
m. Ultrasound
n. Ultraound + CAD
17. Task: (limited choices)
a. simulation
b. chest and abdominal abnormality detection
c. breast abnormality detection
d. breast cancer detection
e. detection of thoracic aortic dissection
18. TaskAdd: (limited choices) This field indicates a modification or qualifier to the task. Multiple qualifiers may be indicated. More liberty will be given to data suppliers in defining these choices. This list is expected to grow.
a. pediatric
b. malignant mass
c. malignant calcification
d. nodule
e. pneumothorax
f. interstitial disease
