Sugimoto, Miharu
Ishii, Yosuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-6028
Nakashima, Yuko
Kamei, Goki
Nekomoto, Akinori
Hashizume, Takato
Okinaka, Riko
Matsumura, Kohei
Takahashi, Makoto
Adachi, Nobuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Konica Minolta Imaging Science Foundation
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 28 September 2024
Accepted: 26 December 2024
First Online: 22 February 2025
Declarations
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: Yosuke Ishii and Yoko Nakashima certify that they have a borrowed ultrasound device from KONICA MINOLTA, INC. Miharu Sugimoto, Goki Kamei, Akinori Nekomoto, Takato Hashizume, Riko Okinaka, Kohei Matsumura, Makoto Takahashi, and Nobuo Adachi declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its subsequent versions, as well as the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (national and institutional), were followed in the conduct of this study, which was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Hiroshima University (Approval Number: E-2498-2). Prior to the study, every participant gave their informed consent.