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Received: 17 December 2023

Accepted: 21 May 2024

First Online: 30 May 2024

Declarations

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: The study design and protocol of this prospective and observational study were approved by the Ethics Committees for Human Research of our institutions (IRB Number: 60-22-0083 and R2019-227). Healthy volunteers underwent MRI after providing written informed consent, and we particularly explained the potential for detecting diseases in the brain. The patients’ MRI data were obtained using an opt-out method. All MRI data were extracted after the personal information of the study subjects was anonymized in a linkable manner. The study design was prospective and observational. This study was conducted according to the approved guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.

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: Some authors of this manuscript declare their relationship with FUJIFILM Corporation because this study used a SYNAPSE 3D workstation (FUJIFILM Corporation; Tokyo, Japan), as a medical device approved by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Japan in 2020. Shigeki Yamada has received research grants from the FUJIFILM Corporation and speakers’ honoraria from FUJIFILM Medical Systems since 2019. Hirotaka Ito is employed by the FUJIFILM Corporation and has made substantial contributions to the development of the applications of the SYNAPSE 3D workstation. The other authors of this manuscript declare that they have no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.