Kang, Hyo-Jin
Kim, Jung Hoon
Lee, Sang Min
Yang, Hyun Kyung
Ahn, Su Joa
Han, Joon Koo
Funding for this research was provided by:
SAMSUNG MEDISON Co., Ltd
Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2017R1A2B4004951)
Article History
First Online: 18 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This research was partially supported by a research grant from SAMSUNG MEDISON Co., Ltd. and by a research grant from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2017R1A2B4004951).
: Jung Hoon Kim has received research grant from SAMSUNG MEDISON. Other authors confirm that there are no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. This prospective study was approved by our Institutional Review Board. All patients provided informed consent before their CEUS and biopsy procedure.