New diagnostic technique to evaluate hepatic steatosis using the attenuation coefficient on ultrasound B mode

• Yohei Koizumi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon City, Ehime, Japan

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• Masashi Hirooka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon City, Ehime, Japan

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• Nobuharu Tamaki,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Norihisa Yada,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

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• Osamu Nakashima,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Pathology Division, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Namiki Izumi,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masatoshi Kudo,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

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• Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hiasa@m.ehime-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon City, Ehime, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4117-339X

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