Lok, U-Wai
Tang, Shanshan
Gong, Ping
Smyrk, Thomas
Huang, Chengwu
DeRuiter, Ryan M.
Knoll, Kate M.
Robinson, Kathryn A.
Sheedy, Shannon P.
Holmes, Philip M.
Zhang, Jingke
El Sadaney, Ahmed O.
Harmsen, William
Fletcher, Joel G.
Knudsen, John M.
Chen, Shigao
Bruining, David H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-8429
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK120559)
Article History
Received: 16 May 2024
Revised: 18 September 2024
Accepted: 22 September 2024
First Online: 16 November 2024
Change Date: 17 April 2025
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised: The following references were added to the Reference section: 19. Bayat M, Fatemi M, Alizad A (2019) Background Removal and Vessel Filtering of Noncontrast Ultrasound Images of Microvasculature. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 66:831-842 20. Ternifi R, Wang Y, Gu J et al (2022) Ultrasound high-definition microvasculature imaging with novel quantitative biomarkers improves breast cancer detection accuracy. Eur Radiol 32:7448-7462 The following reference was reference [9] in the original article. It has been moved to Reference [21]: 21. Ghavami S, Bayat M, Fatemi M, Alizad A (2020) Quantification of Morphological Features in Non-Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Microvasculature Imaging. Ieee Access 8:18925-18937 Citations in the text have been renumbered to reflect these changes starting with citation [9-11] in the sentence beginning with “Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) ...”
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is David H. Bruining.
: The Mayo Clinic and two of the authors (C.H. and S.C.) have a potential financial interest related to the technology referenced in this research. They have pending or issued patents related to the technology presented in this study and those patents are not licensed. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest.
: William Harmsen kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript. This author has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: No study subject or cohort has been previously reported.
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