Acknowledgement
This research was supported by Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KSN1812181), Bio&Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. RS-2023-00262398), and Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) [No. RS-2022-00155911, Artificial Intelligence Convergence Innovation Human Resources Development (Kyung Hee University)].
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