2008 Volume 35 Issue 5 Pages 513-520
Twenty-five years have passed since the reports on upper abdominal screening using ultrasonography were published for the first time in 1982. However, the upper abdominal screening using ultrasonography has been performed without having evaluation and is far from evidence-based healthcare. It is necessary to analyze the data of the screening immediately before loosing confidence, and to establish the evidence. In order to evaluate the upper abdominal screening using ultrasonography and to have the evidence, the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine should take the initiative in conducting the study which should be performed jointly with other medical societies that use the ultrasonography in the medical screening.
