title: [Cross sectional imaging evaluation of the small bowel].
abstract: Recent advances of cross sectional imaging allow optimal evaluation of the small bowel. This chapter will detail technical considerations and emphasize the role of imaging in the evaluation of the most common diseases of the small bowel.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pilleul
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crombe Ternamian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fouque
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Valette
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography