Chapter 8 152 - Drafting the manuscript: Yitong Zhang, Francisco Vasconcelos - Critically revised the manuscript draft and read and approved the final version: all authors. - Funding: None. - Acknowledgements: The work was supported by the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), The Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies scheme. Chapter 5 Discussion The general discussion of the thesis was written by Ann-Sophie Page and critically revised and corrected by Jan Deprest, Frank Van der Aa and Johan Verhaeghe. Chapter 6 Summary The summary of the research was written by Ann-Sophie Page and critically revised and corrected by Jan Deprest, Frank Van der Aa and Johan Verhaeghe. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors did not report any other potential conflicts of interest with regard to this thesis. STATEMENT ON THE USE OF GENERATIVE AI I did not use generative AI assistance tools during the research/writing process of my thesis, except for mere language assistance.
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