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

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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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