Schaefgen, Benedikt
Juskic, Marija
Hertel, Madeleine
Barr, Richard G.
Radicke, Marcus
Stieber, Anne
Hennigs, André
Riedel, Fabian
Sohn, Christof
Heil, Joerg
Golatta, Michael http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2605-0060
Funding for this research was provided by:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 27 February 2021
Accepted: 27 April 2021
First Online: 10 May 2021
Declarations
:
: M. Golatta received payment for lectures from Siemens Ultrasound. R. Barr has equipment grants from Siemens ultrasound, Philips Ultrasound, B and K Ultrasound, and Hitachi-Aloka. He is on the speaker’s bureau for Philips Ultrasound and Bracoo Diagnostics. He is on the advisory panels of Bracco Diagnostics and Lantheus Medical. He receives royalties from Thieme Publishers. The FUSION-X-US-II prototype device was provided by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Forchheim, Germany. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (Medical Faculty Heidelberg, reference number S-438/2018) and consistent with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
: Written informed consent was obtained from every participant enrolled in the study.
: All co-authors gave their consent for publication.