Takeshima, Yuki
Shinojima, Naoki
Fujimoto, Kenji
Yoshii, Daiki
Hayakata, Yasushi
Oya, Masafumi
Tasaki, Masayoshi
Mikami, Yoshiki
Uetani, Hiroyuki
Hirai, Toshinori
Mukasa, Akitake
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (19K09485)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2025
Accepted: 27 November 2025
First Online: 2 December 2025
Declarations
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: All study procedures involving human participants conformed to the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and to the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its subsequent amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants enrolled in this study or their families. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Kumamoto University (Genome No. 231).
: Not applicable. All MR images included in this manuscript have been carefully reviewed, fully anonymized, and stripped of any direct or indirect identifiers to ensure patient privacy. No identifiable personal information is presented.
: The authors declare no competing interests.