title: Ultrasound imaging of bowel pathology: technique and keys to diagnosis in the acute abdomen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article illustrates the normal and pathologic sonographic appearances of bowel, with an emphasis on diagnostic ultrasound techniques.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current role of ultrasound for adult bowel evaluation is limited in the United States, with CT emerging as the primary modality for evaluation of the acute abdomen. However, mounting concerns regarding diagnostic radiation and health care costs may affect practice patterns and shift utilization back toward sonography, which is widely available and relatively inexpensive.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA. kmaturen@umich.edu
authors: Katherine E
authors: KE
authors: Maturen
authors: Ashish P
authors: AP
authors: Wasnik
authors: Aya
authors: A
authors: Kamaya
authors: Jonathan R
authors: JR
authors: Dillman
authors: Ravi K
authors: RK
authors: Kaza
authors: Amit
authors: A
authors: Pandya
authors: Rishi K
authors: RK
authors: Maheshwary
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*