Hiroko SUGIYAMA¹, Keisuke OSAKABE², Wakana ASADA¹, Yutaka SASAKI¹, Hayato YASUI¹, Tomomi OZAKI¹, Yuusuke SANO¹, Kunihiko SUGIMOTO¹, Naoto KAWABE³, Yoshiki HIROOKA³ (1.Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujita Health University Hospital, 2.School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, 3.Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,School of Medicine, Fujita Health University)

Tatsuya GOTOH¹, Sadanobu OGAWA¹, Kenichi TAKAHASHI¹, Hironori ICHIKAWA¹, Mei SAKUTA¹, Hidenori TOYODA², Akira KANAMORI², Takashi KUMADA³, Fumihiko NIWA¹ (1.Department of Clinical Research, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, 2.Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, 3.Department of Nursing, Gifu Kyoritsu University)

Takashi NISHIMURA^1,2, Masahiro YOSHIDA², Toshifumi TADA³, Akiko HIGASHIURA², Yoko SHIBATA², Mariko HASHIMOTO², Seiko HIRONO⁴, Seiichi HIROTA⁵, Hirohisa YANO⁶, Hiroko IIJIMA^1,2 (1.Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hyogo Medical University, 2.Ultrasound Imaging Center, Hyogo Medical University Hospital, 3.Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, 4.Department of Surgery, Hyogo Medical University, 5.Department of Surgical Pathology, Hyogo Medical University, 6.Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine)

Sachiyo NOGUCHI¹, Naohisa KAMIYAMA¹, Takuma OGURI¹, Hidekatsu KURODA², Tamami ABE², Yuriko MIKAMI², Takayuki MATSUMOTO² (1.Ultrasound General Imaging, GE Healthcare, 2.Division of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University Hospital)

Shingo TANAKA^1,2,3, Noboru OHBA², Kiyoshi ABE², Yuka TAMOTO², Kenji YASUI², Chihiro KOBAYASHI², Nagomi SAITO², Satoshi TAKAHASHI^1,2 (1.Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, 2.Division of Laboratory Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, 3.Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine)