The following macro creates a small black image with a white circle, then runs DetectCirclesJ on it:
newImage("Untitled", "RGB black", 64, 64, 1);
makeOval(16, 18, 35, 35);
setForegroundColor(255, 255, 255);
run("Fill", "slice");
run("Select None");
run("DetectCirclesJ ");
The ROI Manager appears, but no ROIs are within it.