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I take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to those individuals who have been instrumental in my career in radiology and those who have inspired me to complete this project:
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To my mentors, friends, and all colleagues in:
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–MD Anderson Cancer Center, especially Chusilp Charnsangavej, Marshall Hicks, Joel Dunnington, Vikas Kundra, Randy Ernst, and Aliya Qayyum
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–University of Michigan, especially Isaac Francis, Melvyn Korobkin, Joel Platt, Reed Dunnick, James Ellis, Rich Cohan, and Hero Hussain
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–Egypt, especially Hazem Moharram, Mamdouh Mahfouz, Tarek Eldiasty, Ikram Hamed, Ahmed Samy, Mohamed Moustafa, Hatem Ghonim, Moustafa Ismail, Omar Moawyah, Ihab Fathy, and Amr Nasef
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–Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, especially Jeffrey J. Brown, Vamsidhar R. Narra, Jay Heiken, and Christine Menias
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–Elsewhere, especially John Leyendecker (Wake Forest), Rich Baron (Chicago), Mosleh Al-Raddadi (KSA), Haitham Elsamaloty (Toledo), and Akram Shaaban (Utah)
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To the great teacher, my coeditor Dr Sandra A. A. Oldham
To Mike Weitz and Christie Naglieri (editor: McGraw-Hill)
To the great medical illustrator David Bier
To all contributors of this book
To all of my medical students and residents
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