Liver shape analysis using statistical parametric maps at population scale.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe data resources used in this study have approval from ethics committees. Full anonymised images and participants metadata from the UK Biobank cohort was obtained through UK Biobank Access Application number 44584. The UK Biobank has approval from the North West Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 11/NW/0382), and obtained written informed consent from all participants prior to the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations as presented by the relevant authorities, including the Declaration of Helsinki https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/learn-more-about-uk-biobank/about-us/ethics. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsM.C. and E.P.S. are employees of Calico Life Sciences LLC. M.T., N.B., B.W., J.D.B. and E.L.T. declare no competing interests. Competing interests M.C. and E.P.S. are employees of Calico Life Sciences LLC. M.T., N.B., B.W., J.D.B. and E.L.T. declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was funded by Calico Life Sciences LLC, who provided the financial means to allow authors to carry out the study. The finding bodies played no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data and the writing of the manuscript."