title: Magnetic resonance enterography in Crohn's disease: a guide to common imaging manifestations for the IBD physician.
abstract: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) frequently require cross-sectional imaging. Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is an accurate tool for assessment of bowel disease and of various complications of CD. The lack of non-ionizing radiation exposure is an important advantage of this imaging modality. Familiarity with common and pathognomonic imaging features of CD is essential for every clinician that is involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients' care. This review is aimed to describe the indications for performing MRE in CD, essentials of MRE techniques and typical radiological findings in patients with CD to aid the IBD doctor in daily practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Marianne M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Amitai
authors.forename: Shomron
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben-Horin
authors.forename: Rami
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eliakim
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kopylov
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence
keywords: Abscess; CD; CT; CT enterography; CTE; Crohn's disease; Fistulae; IBD; MRE; MRI; Pelvic MRI; Strictures; T1/T2 weighted; T1/T2-w; computer tomography; inflammatory bowel disease; magnetic resonance enterography; magnetic resonance imaging