Cross-Sectional Imaging in Crohn's Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rimola, Jordi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Radiology.; Gastroenterology .; Diagnostic Radiology.; Gastroenterology.

This book comprehensively describes the state of the art in cross-sectional imaging of Crohn's disease from both a clinical and a radiological perspective. The uses and impact of the different imaging techniques in daily practice and research are thoroughly examined, with coverage of ultrasound...

Table of Contents:

• Clinical impact of cross sectional imaging on the management of patients with Crohn's disease
• Bowel ultrasound in Crohn's disease: imaging protocol and findings
• Bowel elastography in Crohn's disease
• Technical performance of CT and MR small bowel and colonic imaging
• MR enterography and CT enterography for detecting activity and complications
• Functional imaging technique on CT enterography and MR enterography
• Role of imaging for detecting bowel fibrosis and bowel damage
• Perianal Crohn's disease
• Cross-sectional imaging indexes in Crohn's disease.