About the Authors
- Stéphanie Tan
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Affiliation Radiology, University of Montreal Medical Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada
- Gilles Soulez
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Affiliations Radiology, University of Montreal Medical Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada, University of Montreal Medical Center Research Center, Montreal, Canada
- Patricia Diez Martinez
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Affiliation Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Sherbrooke, Canada
- Sandra Larrivée
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Affiliations University of Montreal Medical Center Research Center, Montreal, Canada, Biostatistics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Bâton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
- Louis-Mathieu Stevens
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Affiliations University of Montreal Medical Center Research Center, Montreal, Canada, Cardiac Surgery, University of Montreal Medical Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada
- Yves Goussard
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Affiliation Electrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Samer Mansour
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Affiliations University of Montreal Medical Center Research Center, Montreal, Canada, Cardiology, University of Montreal Medical Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada
- Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre
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* E-mail: chartrandlef@videotron.ca
Affiliations Radiology, University of Montreal Medical Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada, University of Montreal Medical Center Research Center, Montreal, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Terarecon (Research collaboration): CCL; Philips Healthcare Canada (Equipement loan to the Radiology Department of the University of Montreal Medical Center): CCL; Bayer (Research collaboration): CCL; Fonds de Recherche Santé Québec: CCL, GS, SM; Canadian Institutes of Health Research: CCL, GS, SM; Réseau de bio-imagerie du Québec (RBIQ): CCL; Fonds de Recherche Santé Québec – SIDA/MI: CCL. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL ST GS YG. Performed the experiments: ST PDM CCL GS. Analyzed the data: CCL ST GS LMS SM SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST PDM CCL GS. Wrote the paper: CCL ST GS LMS SM SL. Quality control of data and algorithms: ST CCL PDM. Patients recrutement: SM CCL. Statistical analysis: SL CCL LMS. Manuscript preparation: CCL ST. Manuscript editing: CCL GS LMS ST SM SL. Manuscript review: CCL GS LMS SM ST PDM YG SL.