Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Joint Fund of Jinan University (YXZY2024020)
Scientific and Technological Project of Foshan City (2220001003957, 2420001004035)
Article History
Received: 10 June 2025
Accepted: 23 July 2025
First Online: 7 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the local ethics committee of The Affiliated Shunde Hospital of Jinan University. All experimental procedures involving human participants complied with national legislation and institutional guidelines. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for the use of their MRI scans and clinical data for research purposes. For the bibliometric component of this study, no human participants or personal data were involved. As the analysis was based exclusively on previously published literature, this portioN of the study did not require ethics committee approval or informed consent and was therefore exempted in accordance with institutional policy. Registry and the Registration: N/A. Animal Studies: N/A.
: Not applicable.