About the Authors

Dongyang Xu

Affiliation Ultrasound Department, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Hong Xu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Ying Ren

Affiliation Radiology Department, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Caigang Liu

angel-s205@163.com (CL); xuemeiwangcmu@163.com (XW)

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Xuemei Wang

angel-s205@163.com (CL); xuemeiwangcmu@163.com (XW)

Affiliation Ultrasound Department, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Hao Zhang

Affiliation Ultrasound Department, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Ping Lu

Affiliation Ultrasound Department, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL DX XW YR. Performed the experiments: CL HX HZ PL DX XW YR. Analyzed the data: CL HX DX XW YR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HX HZ PL XW. Wrote the paper: CL DX XW YR.