title: Update imaging in inflammatory bowel diseases.
abstract: Imaging is a central component of the diagnostic process in inflammatory bowel diseases. This review summarizes the recent progress of various most commonly used imaging modalities including computed tomography enterography, magnetic resonance enterography and capsule endoscopy. Advantages and disadvantages of each imaging protocol in suspected and established inflammatory bowel diseases are reviewed and brought into context in proposed diagnostic algorithms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., USA.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herfarth
mesh_terms: D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011859:Radiography