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This article originally was published in Jpn J Med Ultrasonics 2012;39(3):317–26.
Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine
Chairperson: Yoshiki Hirooka
Subcommittee of Ultrasound Diagnostic Criteria for Hepatic Tumors
Chairperson: Takashi Kumada
Vice Chairperson: Yasuo Matsuda
Members: Hiroko Iijima, Masahiro Ogawa, Nobuki Kudo, Kei Konno, Mutsumi Nishida, Hideaki Mori, Masahiko Yamada, Yasunori Minami, Kazunori Kohara, Rena Takakura
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Yoshiki Hirooka
Department of Endoscopy, Nagoya University Hospital, Aichi, Japan
Takashi Kumada
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
Yasuo Matsuda
Department of Hepatic Surgery, Yao Tokushukai General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Hiroko Iijima
Department of Ultrasound Imaging Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
Masahiro Ogawa
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Surugadai Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Nobuki Kudo
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Kei Konno
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Ultrasound Laboratory, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Mutsumi Nishida
Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine/Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
Hideaki Mori
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Masahiko Yamada
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Yasunori Minami
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan
Kazushi Kohara
Department of Radiology, Yokosuka General Hospital Uwamachi, Kanagawa, Japan
Rena Takakura
Department of Cancer Survey, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and CVD, Osaka, Japan
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Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine. Ultrasound diagnostic criteria for hepatic tumors. J Med Ultrasonics 41, 113–123 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-013-0500-1
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