title: Magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of gastrointestinal motor function and fluid distribution.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a well established technique that has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. Until recently, the impact that MRI has had in the assessment of gastrointestinal motor function and bowel fluid distribution in health and in disease has been more limited, despite the novel insights that MRI can provide along the entire gastrointestinal tract. MRI biomarkers include intestinal motility indices, small bowel water content and whole gut transit time. The present review discusses new developments and applications of MRI in the upper gastrointestinal tract, the small bowel and the colon reported in the literature in the last 5 years.
authors.affiliation: Asseel Khalaf, Robin C Spiller, Gordon W Moran, Luca Marciani, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Asseel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalaf
authors.affiliation: Asseel Khalaf, Robin C Spiller, Gordon W Moran, Luca Marciani, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Caroline L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hoad
authors.affiliation: Asseel Khalaf, Robin C Spiller, Gordon W Moran, Luca Marciani, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robin C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Spiller
authors.affiliation: Asseel Khalaf, Robin C Spiller, Gordon W Moran, Luca Marciani, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Penny A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gowland
authors.affiliation: Asseel Khalaf, Robin C Spiller, Gordon W Moran, Luca Marciani, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gordon W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.affiliation: Asseel Khalaf, Robin C Spiller, Gordon W Moran, Luca Marciani, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marciani
keywords: Colon; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motility; Small bowel; Stomach