Liu, Jun
Shi, Hengfeng
Lu, Huimin
Wang, Fei
Chen, Ming
Liu, Mengxiao
Yang, Qing
Zhu, Juan
Qian, Yinfeng
Funding for this research was provided by:
Key Projects of Natural Science Research in Universities of Anhui Province (No. 2024AH050749)
Youth Science Fund Projects of Anhui Medical University (No. 2021xjk114)
Article History
Received: 28 November 2025
Accepted: 19 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Anhui Medical University (Ethics No. 83244611; effective date: April 18, 2024). The requirement for informed consent was waived owing to the retrospective nature of the study. All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: One of the authors (Mengxiao Liu) is an employee of Siemens Healthcare. His contribution to this manuscript was limited to language editing and manuscript revision, and he was not involved in the study design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the results. The other authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.