Maeshima, Shuya
Ida, Yoshiyuki
Shimizu, Ryo
Kawaji, Yuki
Tamura, Takashi
Nuta, Junya
Hatamaru, Keiichi
Itonaga, Masahiro
Kudo, Masatoshi
Kitano, Masayuki
Article History
Received: 1 November 2019
Accepted: 27 February 2020
First Online: 16 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Shuya Maeshima, Yoshiyuki Ida, Ryo Shimizu, Yuki Kawaji, Takashi Tamura, Jun-ya Nuta, Kei-ichi Hatamaru, Masahiro Itonaga, Masatoshi Kudo, and Masayuki Kitano declare that they have no conflicts of interest. This research was supported by the Research and Development Committee Program of The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine. This research was also supported by scholarship donations from Mochida Pharmaceutical, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, MSD, Chugai Pharmaceutical, and EA Pharma. The devices used in this research were provided by Century Medical and Taewoong Medical.
: All experiments were performed at Kobe Medical Device Development Center (MEDDEC) (Kobe, Japan) in cooperation with IVTeC (Tokyo, Japan). We performed animal experiments based on the IVTeC guidelines for animal experiments, which were enacted based on the “Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, Act No. 105 of October 1, 1973” and “Ordinances on Welfare and Management of Animals, Hyogo Prefecture Ordinance No. 8 of March 29, 1993,” and taking into account the importance and characteristics of animal experiments in education and research in life sciences. All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed.