Hong, Wenjing
Xu, Xiaodong
Yuan, Jiajun
Wu, Lanping
Wang, Xike
Kong, Linghui
Zhang, Xuehua
Chen, Lijun
Liu, Yiman
Wang, Aiqing
Li, Sheng
Shen, Rong
Zhu, Junxue
Wu, Tianze
Dong, Bing
Wang, Hansong
Zhao, Liebin
Liu, Xiaoqing
Zhang, Yuqi https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6182-7780
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund (ZDYF2024SHFZ059)
Sanya Science and Technology Special Fund (No. 2022KJCX41)
Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai (No. 20DZ2253900)
Shenzhen Medical Research Special Project clinical multi-center study (No. C2405001)
Article History
Received: 24 September 2025
Revised: 26 February 2026
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 11 May 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective study has been granted ethical approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, under the approval number SCMCIRB-K2024272-1. The study was conducted in strict compliance with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Given the non-invasive approach employed by the research and the anonymization process applied to the data, the IRB has provided an exemption from the requirement for informed consent.
: This study used fully anonymized ultrasound imaging data. According to the institutional review board, informed consent was waived.
: The authors declare no competing interests.