Omori, Naoki
Ikawa, Fusao
Chiku, Masaaki
Kawata, Ryuji
Yamaguchi, Shuhei
Nagai, Atsushi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shimane University
Article History
Received: 31 August 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 6 February 2026
Declarations
Ethics approvalĀ and consent: The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and all procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Participant data were anonymized and privacy was protected. Therefore, individual written informed consent was not required; instead, an opt-out method was employed.
Competing interests: RK is affiliated with the Department of Smart Brain Screening, EUCALIA, Inc.