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Starting CT Colonography in Your Department

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O’Hare, A., Fenlon, H. (2006). Starting CT Colonography in Your Department. In: Lefere, P., Gryspeerdt, S. (eds) Virtual Colonoscopy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30904-7_2

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