Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in Crohn's disease: technique, image interpretation and clinical applications.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recent meta-analysis has demonstrated no significant differences in diagnostic accuracy among different imaging techniques (US, MRI and CT) in the evaluation of Crohn's disease (CD). High-resolution bowel ultrasound has emerged as an alternative imaging technique for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with CD, being as accurate as CT and MR for detecting intramural and extramural extension of the disease. B-Mode US can evaluate the localization and length of the affected intestinal segments and allow identification of transmural complications, stenosis and intestinal obstruction. Doppler techniques are tools that visualize and quantify bowel vascularization. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technique that involves IV administration of an ultrasound contrast age

SUBMITTER: Ripolles T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3259412 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature