Ishii, Yosuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-6028
Sugimoto, Miharu
Nekomoto, Akinori
Nakamae, Atsuo
Zhu, Kexin
Hashizume, Takato
Matsumura, Kohei
Nakashima, Yuko
Takahashi, Makoto
Adachi, Nobuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 17 January 2025
Accepted: 5 July 2025
First Online: 12 September 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Hiroshima University (Approval Number: E2021-2498-02) in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later versions. The study was conducted after obtaining informed consent from each participant.
: Yosuke Ishii and Yuko Nakashima declare that they are in possession of an ultrasound device borrowed from Konica Minolta, Inc.Miharu Sugimoto, Akinori Nekomoto, Atsuo Nakamae, Kexin Zhu, Takato Hashizume, Kohei Matsumura, Makoto Takahashi, and Nobuo Adachi declare that they have no conflicts of interest.