*Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; †Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; ‡University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts; §Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ∥University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, American Gastroenterological Association; ¶New York University Medical Center, New York, New York; #Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; **The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; ††Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, American College of Surgeons; and ‡‡ Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York.
Received for publication May 1, 2014; accepted May 2, 2014.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Mark E. Baker, MD reported “Research agreement with Siemens Healthcare (hardware; software) monetary support for research forthcoming (agreement, not signed).”
Rendon C. Nelson, MD reported “Consultant with GE Healthcare. Research support with Bracco, Wemoto International and Becton-Dickinson.”
Aliya Qayyum, MD reported “Spouse works for Philips Medical (PACS).”
Corresponding author information: Mark E. Baker, MD, Professor of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Desk L10, Cleveland Ohio 44195 (e-mail: [email protected])
