Kuru, Kaya http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4279-4166
Ansell, Darren
Jones, Martin
Watkinson, Benjamin Jon
Caswell, Noreen
Leather, Peter
Lancaster, Andrew
Sugden, Paula
Briggs, Eleanor
Davies, Carl
Oh, Teik Chooi
Bennett, Kina
De Goede, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Invention for Innovation Programme (II-LA-1116-20007)
Article History
Received: 31 May 2019
Accepted: 25 November 2019
First Online: 24 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The ethical process is being carried out mainly based on four ethical documents, two of which are referred by NICE and published by Nuffield Council on Bioethics [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed], another is by The British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) [CitationRef removed], and also the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) [CitationRef removed]. Furthermore, the techniques, methods and Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPI) in this study were approved ethically by NHS Health Research Authority: North West - Greater Manchester Central Research Ethics Committee (ID:247101). The techniques and approaches were patented nationally and internationally to keep the intellectual properties [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed].