**Author details**

Kazuo Maruyama1 \*, Junko Maruyama1,2 and Hirofumi Sawada1,3

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Japan

2 Faculty of Medical Engineering, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Japan

3 Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Japan

\*Address all correspondence to: k-maru@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

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