Bleker, Jeroen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4703-1368
Kwee, Thomas C.
Dierckx, Rudi A. J. O.
de Jong, Igle Jan
Huisman, Henkjan
Yakar, Derya
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Medical Center Groningen
Article History
Received: 5 July 2019
Revised: 28 August 2019
Accepted: 9 October 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Derya Yakar MD PhD.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because it was retrospective research with data from an open public source.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in publications related to the ProstateX challenge. Litjens G, Debats O, Barentsz J, et al Computer-Aided Detection of Prostate Cancer in MRI. IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging. 2014;33(5):1083–1092. Our study used a very different approach with a different purpose.
: • retrospective• experimental• performed at one institution