Ibrahem Abbas, Bassam Z Shakhreet, Aseel Alghamdi, Basmah Wali, Bashayer Alelyani, Teef Alshehri
Ibrahem Abbas, Bassam Z Shakhreet, Aseel Alghamdi, Basmah Wali, Bashayer Alelyani, Teef Alshehri, Diagnostic Radiology Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Author contributions: Abbas I, and Shakhreet BZ designed and coordinated the study; Alghamdi A, Wali B, Alelyani B, and Alshehri T performed the experiments, acquired and analyzed the data; Abbas I, Alghamdi A, Wali B, Alelyani B, and Alshehri T interpreted the data; Shakhreet BZ wrote the manuscript; all authors approved the final version of the article.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Unit of Biomedical Ethics Research Committee Institutional Review Board (Approval No. 527-17).
Conflict-of-interest statement: Abbas I, and Shakhreet BZ designed and coordinated the study; Alghamdi A, Wali B, Alelyani B, and Alshehri T are employed by King Abdulaziz University. All other authors have nothing to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Bassam Z Shakhreet, PhD, Associate Professor, Diagnostic Radiology Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. bshakhreet@yahoo.com
Received: May 10, 2020
Peer-review started: May 10, 2020
First decision: October 21, 2020
Revised: October 27, 2020
Accepted: November 4, 2020
Article in press: November 4, 2020
Published online: December 28, 2020