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Medical imaging data science competitions should report dataset demographics and evaluate for bias

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  1. University of Maryland Medical Intelligent Imaging (UM2ii) Center, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sean P. Garin, Vishwa S. Parekh & Paul H. Yi

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Garin, S.P., Parekh, V.S., Sulam, J. et al. Medical imaging data science competitions should report dataset demographics and evaluate for bias. Nat Med 29, 1038–1039 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02264-0

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