Automated classification of liver fibrosis stages using ultrasound imaging.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the institutional review boards of both hospitals (Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea: KC20RISI0869 and Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea: PC20RISI0229). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The requirement for informed consent was waived because of the retrospective study design (Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, and Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research has been supported in part by the Korea Medical Device Development Fund grant funded by the Korea government (the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Health & Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) (NTIS Number: 9991007146), in part by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HI21C0940110021), and in part by the Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2022-0-00101, Development of an intelligent HIFU therapy system using highly functional real-time image guide and therapeutic effect monitoring based on ICT fusion )."