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Yuko Kono
University of California San Diego 200 West Arbor Dr., MC 8413, San Diego, CA 92103
Dr. Kono is a clinical professor of hepatology and radiology at University of California, San Diego, and her practice includes many HCC and cirrhotic patients. She started using CEUS in 1994 and studied liver tumor diagnosis in various animal models with CEUS. She has been practicing CEUS clinically since 1998 in the USA. She is the former chair and current member of the ACR (American Colleague of Radiology) CEUS LI-RADS (Liver Imaging Data and Reporting System) working group and has served on the Board of the International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) since 2017. She co-authored the American Institute of Ultrasound Practice Parameter for the Performance of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Examinations and Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Liver–Update 2020 WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS.