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"Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://qims.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/qims-23-482/coif). D.L. serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare."

"Funding: This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China ( 2021YFF0501502 and 2022YFA1004203 ), the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 62301550 and 82171904 ), the Youth Enhancement Program of Guangdong Province ( 2023A151503016 ), the Key Laboratory for Magnetic Resonance and Multimodality Imaging Project ( 2023B1212060052 ), and the Shenzhen Municipal Scientific Program ( JCY20200109110612375 and KCXFZ202002011010360 )."