**Author details**

Muntaser S. Ahmad<sup>1</sup> \*, Osama Makhamrah<sup>2</sup> and Mohammad Hjouj<sup>2</sup>

1 Faculty of Applied Medical Health, Department of Medical Imaging, Palestine Ahliya University, Bethlehem, Palestine

2 Faculty of Health Professions, Medical Imaging Department, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine

\*Address all correspondence to: wmuntaser@gmail.com

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*Multimodal Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Dynamic Liver Phantom DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99861*

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