About the Authors

Wakako Nagase

Contributed equally to this work with: Wakako Nagase, Kazuharu Harada

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuharu Harada

Contributed equally to this work with: Wakako Nagase, Kazuharu Harada

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Health Data Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Yujin Kudo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ykudo@tokyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Jun Matsubayashi

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Ikki Takada

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Jinho Park

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Kotaro Murakami

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuo Ohira

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Toshitaka Nagao

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Masataka Taguri

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Data Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Norihiko Ikeda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

Norihiko Ikeda reports receiving a research grant from the FUJIFILM Corporation for the Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University. Although we have utilized the AI software integrated within the Synapse Vincent System (Fujifilm Corporation, Japan) for this study, it is essential to note that this is a development model and not a commercially available product. We have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.