JSPS Core-to-Core Program
Joint Seminar for Standardization of Liver Diagnosis

Date & Time: May 30 , 2025 (Fri) 9:00 - 11:30
Venue: Conference room #554 (5th floor, Kyoto International Conference Center)
Contact person: Tadashi Yamaguchi (Chiba University)
co-host: JSUM Subcommittee on Standardization of SWE, Committee on Equipment and Standardization

Program

9:00~9:15 Opening Remark
Shinnosuke Hirata (Chiba University, Japan)
9:15-10:00 Session I: Standardization of liver diseases
Facititator: Shinnosuke Hirata (Chiba University, Japan)
1) Hidekatsu Kuroda (Iwate Medical University, Japan), Standardization study in Japan through multi-center collaboration
2) Giovanna Ferraioli (University of Pavia, Italy), Standardization of liver disease in WFUMB
3) Po-Hsiang Tsui (Chang Gung University, Taiwan), QUS for fatty livers in adults and children
10:00-10:20 Break & Free Dsicussion
10:20-11:20 Session II: Standardization of Sear Wave Elastography and QUS methods
Facilitator: Tadashi Yamaguchi (Chiba University, Japan)
1) Timothy J Hall (University of Wisconsin, USA), Introduction of The Quantitative Medical Imaging Coalition (QMIC) activities
2) Mikio Suga (Chiba University, Japan), Development of viscoelastic phantoms for both USE and MRE
3) Riwa Kishimoto (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan), Standardization study of SWE at International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
4) Shinnosuke Hirata (Chiba University, Japan), Verification of frequency dependence of shear wave velocity
11:20-11:30 Closing remark
Hiroko Iijima (Hyogo Medical University, Japan)