Sanderink, Wendelien B. G.
Laarhuis, Babette I.
Strobbe, Luc J. A.
Sechopoulos, Ioannis
Bult, Peter
Karssemeijer, Nico
Mann, Ritse M.
Article History
Received: 23 January 2019
Accepted: 20 March 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
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: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article. In an associated clinical study, Medtronic the producer of the BLES needles has provided a research grant and non-financial support (BLES device and needles).The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies outside the submitted work:WS, BL, LS, and PB declare that they have no competing interests. IS has received research grants and research support from Siemens Healthineers and Canon Medical Systems and is a scientific advisor of Fischer Medical. NK is a shareholder of Matakina Technology Limited Consultant, QView Medical, ScreenPoint, and Medical BV, and is director of ScreenPoint Medical.RM has received research grants and research support from Siemens Healthineers, Bayer Medical, Seno Medical, Elswood, Identification Solutions, and Micrima, and is a scientific advisor of Screenpoint Medical, Transonic Imaging.
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