Fukushima, Megumi
Hirota, Masakazu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1420-9844
Yukimori, Takafumi
Hayashi, Akio
Hirohara, Yoko
Saika, Makoto
Matsuoka, Kumiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K18231)
Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical Engineering
Japan Medical Herb Association Research Grant Program
Clinical Research Promotion Foundation
Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts (22-III 1009)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (23he0422031j0001)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2023
Accepted: 10 April 2024
First Online: 16 April 2024
Declarations
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: After explaining the nature of the study and possible complications, all participants provided informed consent. This study adhered to the tenets of the 2013 revised Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association. The Institutional Review Board of Teikyo University approved the experimental protocol and consent procedures (approval no. 21–067).
: Not applicable.
: The author M.H., is financial support to Topcon Corp. for this study performed. T.Y., A.H., Y.H., and M.S. are employees of the Topcon Corporation. As described in the Authors’ Contributions section, they only contributed to setting up the study design. To avoid bias, the experiments, data analysis, and writing of this paper were conducted independently at Teikyo University. T.Y., A.H., Y.H., and M.S. were not involved in the experiments, data analyses, or manuscript writing. All other authors declare no competing interests.