Li, Hualing
Hu, Chenglin
Wang, Qiuxia
Luo, Yan
Chen, Gen
Hu, Xuemei
Song, Xiaopeng
Tang, Runyu
Liu, Qiufeng
Yang, Yang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1160-1229
Li, Zhen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tongji Hospital Scientific Research Fund (2023B34)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82001786)
Funding of Health and Family Planning Commission of Hubei province (2023M012)
Article History
Received: 30 July 2025
Accepted: 9 January 2026
First Online: 23 February 2026
Declarations
:
: This prospective study was approved by the review board of our institute (TJ-IRB20230818) on August 15, 2023.
: All participants provided written informed consent.
: The authors declare no financial relationships with United Imaging or other commercial entities. Technical support from United Imaging staff (Xiaopeng Song and Runyu Tang) was limited to blinded assistance with MRI sequence parameter adjustment. They had no access to study outcomes and did not participate in data analysis, interpretation, or manuscript preparation. All equipment and software used in this study were part of our institution’s routine resources and were not provided free of charge.