Faist, Daphné https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0994-4329
Gnesin, Silvano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6547-3824
Medici, Siria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2909-6689
Khan, Alysée
Nicod Lalonde, Marie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-0611
Schaefer, Niklaus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9732-7696
Depeursinge, Adrien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2362-0304
Conti, Maurizio
Schaefferkoetter, Joshua https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8249-4865
Prior, John O. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1429-1374
Jreige, Mario https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3918-150X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundations Solis and CHUV
University of Lausanne
Article History
Received: 4 November 2024
Accepted: 30 March 2025
First Online: 25 April 2025
Declarations
:
: All patients have given written general consent for a retrospective use of their data and for the publication of the results.
: The whole study was proceeded respecting the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. A general consent from CHUV was approved by each patient participating in this study agreeing a retrospective use of their images for clinical research. The local Ethics Research Committee of the State of Vaud approved the research protocol (CER-VD #2018–01513).
: Due to the nature of the retrospective study, the need for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee.
: J. Schaefferkoetter and M. Conti are full-time employees of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. The other corresponding authors have no competing interest.
: Not applicable.