Fig. 2. Differentiation of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) versus non-PD subjects.
The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for identifying PD patients in a group consisting of both PD and non-PD subjects using (a) total substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) volume, (b) average SNpc contrast ratio (CR), and (c) asymmetry index. A total SNpc volume threshold of <440.6 mm3 yields an area under curve (AUC) of 0.998. An average CR threshold of <0.135 yields an AUC of 0.684. An asymmetry index threshold of >3.44 yields an AUC of 0.962.