Westphal, Julian A. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6603-3262
Kaess, Philipp
Mantz, Lea
Barnawi, Rashid A.
Saidi, Sami
Fabritius, Matthias P.
Ziller, Alexander
Kaissis, Georg
Rueckert, Daniel
Fintelmann, Florian J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01-CA298002)
Klinikum der Universität München
Article History
Received: 27 July 2025
Revised: 13 January 2026
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Declarations
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: Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of Mass General Brigham. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: This study has obtained IRB approval from the Mass General Brigham Institutional Review Board, and the need for informed consent was waived.
: For this type of study, consent for publication is not required.
: Dr. Fintelmann receives research support from the William M. Wood Foundation and serves as a paid consultant for Boston Scientific Corporation, Varian Medical Systems, Tubulis GmbH, and Becton Dickinson for unrelated work. The other authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest.