Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 433-438 , November 2009

Contrast-enhanced CT colonography with 64-slice MDCT compared to endoscopic colonoscopy in the follow-up of patients after colorectal cancer resection

  • Marianne Michal Amitai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel Hashomer, Israel. Tel.: +972 52 6666651; fax: +972 3 5357315.
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  • Herma Fidder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Benjamin Avidan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Orith Portnoy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Sara Apter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Eli Konen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Marjorie Hertz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 24 November 2008 ,Accepted 8 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.01.002

Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 433-438 , November 2009

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