title: [Gastroenteric diseases in the third millennium: a rational approach to optimal imaging technique and patient selection].
abstract: In the last twenty years, the study of gastroenteric disorders underwent a radical change as a result of rapid advances in diagnostic imaging, with the introduction of more sophisticated and better performing techniques. Although this evolution has significantly contributed to improve diagnostic accuracy, also allowing assessment of different areas of the gastroenteric tract that could not be well evaluated in the past, clinicians may feel confused about deciding the most appropriate diagnostic approach according to lesion type and site. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of available imaging techniques to guide the diagnostic approach to gastroenteric diseases.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Napoli, Italy. vincenzo.cuccurullo@unina2.it
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cuccurullo
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cioce
authors.forename: Assunta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sica
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iasiello
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatta
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubini
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D018579:Patient Selection; D014463:Ultrasonography