Fujita, Naruhito
Yagi, Mitsuru
Yamada, Yoshitake
Yokoyama, Yoichi
Yamada, Minoru
Watanabe, Kota
Nakamura, Masaya
Nagura, Takeo
Jinzaki, Masahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K08056)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2022
Revised: 9 September 2022
Accepted: 11 September 2022
First Online: 17 September 2022
Declarations
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: The present study was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Japan Registry of Clinical Trails (jRCTs032180266). All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the ethical standards of the institutional research committee. Signed informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: One of the authors received a grant from Canon Medical Systems, which loaned the upright CT device to his institution. The funder was not involved in the design of the study; the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; or the writing of the manuscript. The other authors declare no competing interests.