Kim, Jinho https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1324-8951
Werner, Sebastian
Afat, Saif
Nickel, Marcel D.
Knoll, Florian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (513220538)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (512819079)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (556079651)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (500888779)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Article History
Received: 18 February 2026
Revised: 9 August 2026
Accepted: 10 August 2026
First Online: 25 August 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: J.K. receives a Ph.D. stipend from Siemens Healthineers AG. M.D.N. is employed by Siemens Healthineers AG. F.K. receives patent royalties for deep learning image reconstruction and research support from Siemens Healthineers AG, has stock options from Subtle Medical, and is a consultant for Imaginostics. S.W. and S.A. declare no conflicts of interest related to this work.
Ethical approval: This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and all patients provided written consent prior to data acquisition for data sharing and use for scientific and commercial purposes in accordance with local regulations.
Use of AI tool: During the preparation of this manuscript, ChatGPT (GPT-5.1, OpenAI, San Francisco, CA, USA) was used to improve phrasing and grammar and to refine sentence structure and clarity of the text. All scientific content was conceived and created by the authors. Following the use of the AI tool, the entire manuscript was carefully reviewed and edited by the authors to ensure accuracy, scientific validity, and originality. The authors take full responsibility for the content of the published article.