Zhao, Chenyang
Wang, Qian
Tao, Xixi
Wang, Ming
Yu, Chen
Liu, Sirui
Li, Mengtao
Tian, Xinping
Qi, Zhenhong
Li, Jianchu
Yang, Fang
Zhu, Lei
He, Xujin
Zeng, Xiaofeng
Jiang, Yuxin
Yang, Meng http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1948-8136
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFE0104200, 2017YFC0907604)
Beijing Natural Science Foundation (JQ18023)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81421004, 81301268)
Beijing Nova Program Interdisciplinary Cooperation Project (xxjc201812)
International S&T Cooperation Program of China (2015DFA30440)
Beijing Nova Program (Z131107000413063)
Chinese National Key Technology R&D Program, Ministry of Science and Technology (2017YFC0907604)
Article History
Received: 9 June 2020
Revised: 16 August 2020
Accepted: 24 September 2020
First Online: 12 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Meng Yang and Yuxin Jiang, from Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College &Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
: Three of the authors are engineers in Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd, which provides the ultrasound system to our research.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) was obtained (approval number: JS-1923).
: • cross-sectional study