Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 309-314 , August 2010

Dual-Energy Based Spectral Electronic Cleansing in Non-Cathartic Computed Tomography Colonography: An Emerging Novel Technique

  • Ruth Eliahou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Yusef Azraq, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Raz Carmi

      Affiliations

    • Philips Healthcare, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Shmuel Y. Mahgerefteh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Jacob Sosna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jacob Sosna, MD, Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12000, Jerusalem, Israel 91120

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.05.005

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