Abdolell, Mohamed
Payne, Jennifer I.
Caines, Judy
Tsuruda, Kaitlyn
Barnes, Penny J.
Talbot, Pam J.
Tong, Olivia
Brown, Peter
Rivers-Bowerman, Michael
Iles, Sian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Capital District Health Authority Research Fund
Dalhousie University Radiology Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 2 October 2019
Revised: 7 April 2020
Accepted: 17 April 2020
First Online: 1 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Mohamed Abdolell.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Two authors, Mohamed Abdolell and Pam Talbot, are affiliated with Densitas Inc. (Founder/CEO and Employee, respectively), the company that provided the automated mammography image processing software used to extract the image-derived risk factors that were included in the risk model. A third author, Jennifer Payne, is the spouse of the Founder/CEO of Densitas Inc.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • Retrospective• Case-control study• Performed at one institution