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Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

Chairperson: Yoshiki Hirooka

Subcommittee of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ultrasound Elastography: Prostate of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

Chairperson: Tokunori Yamamoto

Vice Chairperson: Koji Okihara

Members: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Atsushi Ochiai, Masahiro Sumura, Yukihiro Umemoto, Tomoaki Miyagawa, Tsuyoshi Shiina

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Yoshiki Hirooka

Department of Endoscopy, Nagoya University Hospital, Aichi, Japan

Tokunori Yamamoto

Department of Urology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Koji Okihara

Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Clinical Medical Studies, Kyoto, Japan

Masakazu Tsutsumi

Department of Urology, Hitachi General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

Atsushi Ochiai

Department of Urology, Aiseikai Yamashina Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Masahiro Sumura

Department of Urology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

Yukihiro Umemoto

Department of Nephrology and Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Medical School, Aichi, Japan

Tomoaki Miyagawa

Department of Urology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Tsuyoshi Shiina

Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine. Clinical practice guidelines for ultrasound elastography: prostate. J Med Ultrasonics 43, 449–455 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-016-0703-3

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