Development of a method for measuring spleen stiffness by transient elastography using a new device and ultrasound-fusion method

• Takaaki Tanaka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Masashi Hirooka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Yohei Koizumi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Takao Watanabe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Osamu Yoshida ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Yoshio Tokumoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Yoshiko Nakamura ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Koutarou Sunago ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Atsushi Yukimoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Masanori Abe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Writing – review & editing

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

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• Yoichi Hiasa

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takaaki Tanaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Takao Watanabe, Osamu Yoshida, Yoshio Tokumoto, Yoshiko Nakamura, Koutarou Sunago, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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

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

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