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Radiation Dose Reduction in CT-Guided Spine Biopsies Does Not Reduce Diagnostic Yield

K.A. Shpilberg, B.N. Delman, L.N. Tanenbaum, S.J. Esses, R. Subramaniam and A.H. Doshi
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2014, 35 (12) 2243-2247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4053
K.A. Shpilberg
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.
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B.N. Delman
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.
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L.N. Tanenbaum
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.
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S.J. Esses
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.
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R. Subramaniam
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.
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A.H. Doshi
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.
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