Sato, Mineka
Ichikawa, Yasutaka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6383-207X
Domae, Kensuke
Yoshikawa, Kazuya
Kanii, Yoshinori
Yamazaki, Akio
Nagasawa, Naoki
Nagata, Motonori
Ishida, Masaki
Sakuma, Hajime
Article History
Received: 24 November 2021
Revised: 5 February 2022
Accepted: 11 February 2022
First Online: 3 March 2022
Declarations
: The authors declare that this study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Hajime Sakuma (professor, Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, Japan).
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board since this study used existing clinical CT image data. The opportunity to opt out of the inclusion to this study was given through a notice in the hospital website. No patient showed intention for an exclusion from this study.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Mie University Hospital (Approval number: H2019-207).
: • retrospective study• performed at a single center• diagnostic or prognostic study