Leng, Junsheng
Chang, Xiao
Bai, Qiushi
Wang, Yun
Liu, Xingyu
Zhang, Jia
Gao, Peng
Fan, Yu
Zou, Xiongfei
Zhang, Hengyan
Zhang, Baozhong
Article History
Received: 23 May 2022
Accepted: 22 August 2022
First Online: 20 September 2022
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (No. S-K1918).
: This is a retrospective study, and the identity of the patients cannot be revealed. Consent to participate was waived according to the ethics committee of our institution.
: In this study, CT images of one patient from the study cohort are used to illustrate the measurement technique. These images are anonymized, and there is no concern that the identity of this patient would be revealed. There is no need in this case to acquire informed consent from this specific patient according to instructions of this journal.
: The authors declare no competing interests.