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Abdom Imaging 2015;40:1721-1732\nAcknowledgements\nAoife Kilcoyne would like to acknowledge the contribution of the MacErlaine Research Scholarship from the Academic Radiology Research Trust, St. Vincents Radiology Group, Dublin, Ireland, and the Higher Degree Bursary, from the Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI, Ireland. Aileen O’Shea would like to acknowledge the contribution of the MGH-MacErlaine Research Scholarship from the Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI, Ireland, and Massachusetts General Hospital. 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