title: [Functional ultrasound in gastroenterology].
abstract: Ultrasonography has become increasingly important in the routine diagnostics of gastrointestinal diseases. It is first of all a morphological diagnostic method. As it not only assesses the wall structure of the gallbladder, the pancreatic duct and the whole gastrointestinal tract but also visualises motion sequences as a real-time-method, functional processes and their disruptions can especially be examined. The present authors give a review of the capacity of functional ultrasound in different anatomic zones and critically discuss its practical relevance.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik B. Gastroenterologie, Ruppiner Kliniken, Neuruppin.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nuernberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braden
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ignee
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Schreiber-Dietrich
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016473:Gallbladder Emptying / Q000502:physiology; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011168:Portal System; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler