Comparison of deep learning-based image segmentation methods for intravascular ultrasound on retrospective and large image cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAs a retrospective study, we only collected data from patients’ historical IVUS examinations for analysis and did not have contact with the patients themselves. We have applied for a waiver of informed consent during the ethical review at The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. Our study was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsNo benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article. Competing interests No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article."

"Funding This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (82170329)."