A new look at Crohn's disease: Novel imaging techniques

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-340

  Al Hawary, Mahmoud ^a   Zimmermann, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; Crohn's disease; MRI; natural history

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; GLUCAGON; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; MACROGOL; METHYLCELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLUMEN;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ENTEROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIC DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862290375     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3283540705     Document Type: Review

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