Multiclass Segmentation of Breast Tissue and Suspicious Findings: A Simulation-Based Study for the Development of Self-Steering Tomosynthesis.

"Conflicts of Interest A.D.A.M. and R.J.A. are inventors of patents and patent applications related to next-generation tomosynthesis technology. A.D.A.M. reports research support from Hologic, Inc., Barco nv, and Analogic Corporation; is a spouse to an employee and stockholder of Real Time Tomography (RTT), LLC; is a member of the scientific advisory board of RTT; and is an owner of Daimroc Imaging, LLC. The other authors have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose. These vendors had no role in the design of the study; the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; the writing of the manuscript; or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. B.B., Y.N.G.d.N., G.C., J.P.V.T., T.M.S.F., T.G.d.R., and Y.M. declare no competing interests."

"This research was funded by the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation; the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2020 Research Seed Funding grant; Breast Cancer Alliance, Inc., 2022 Young Investigator grant; the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, grant number W81XWH-18-1-0082; the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, grant number IRSA 1016451; and the National Institutes of Health, grant number P30CA016520. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies."