Image quality of abdominal ultrasonography after esophagogastroduodenoscopy is preserved by using carbon dioxide insufflation: A non-inferiority test in the same subject

• Tsuyoshi Suda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Gastroenterology, Japanese Red Cross Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Yukihiro Shirota ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shirota@r4.dion.ne.jp

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6561-4626

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• Hiroaki Takimoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Examination Center, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Yasunori Tsukada,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Kensaku Takishita,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Takahiro Nadamura,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Masaki Miyazawa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Yuji Hodo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Tokio Wakabayashi

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

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