Xu, Chen
Du, Siyao
Zhang, Siyu
Wang, Bo
Dong, Chengyan
Sun, Hongzan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-5828
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81401438)
LIAONING Science & Technology Project (2017225012)
Article History
Received: 12 July 2019
Revised: 13 November 2019
Accepted: 6 December 2019
First Online: 10 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Hongzan Sun.
: One of the authors (Chengyan Dong) is an employee of GE Healthcare China. The remaining authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Approved by the Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University Technology ethics committee.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution