Updates are available Correction dated 2025-09-03

Article History

Received: 5 October 2024

Accepted: 29 May 2025

First Online: 1 July 2025

Change Date: 3 September 2025

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:

Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17772-x

Declarations

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: A waiver for informed consent of the patients was provided by the Code of Ethics committee (CEC) constituted by the Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education due to the retrospective and observational nature of our study.

: The experimental protocol for the study was approved by the Code of Ethics Committee (CEC) of Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (Reference: KARE/CEC/MoM/2024–2025/01 dated 20.07.2024). All procedures performed in this studies involving human participants adhered to the ethical standards of the institution and were conducted in compliance with the principles outlined in the 1964 Helsinki Declaration. This ensures that the research upholds the highest ethical standards, safeguarding the rights, dignity, and well-being of all participants involved.

: The Code of Ethics Committee (CEC) of Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education has made the decision to waive the need for informed consent for a proposed research study involving the use of a dataset of knee X-ray images (Reference: KARE/CEC/MoM/2024–2025/01 dated 20.07.2024). This decision is based on the fact that the study uses anonymized images of subjects, not directly involving interactions with or identifying details of patients.

: The authors declare no competing interests.