title: The first joint ESGAR/ ESPR consensus statement on the technical performance of cross-sectional small bowel and colonic imaging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop guidelines describing a standardised approach to patient preparation and acquisition protocols for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) of the small bowel and colon, with an emphasis on imaging inflammatory bowel disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  An expert consensus committee of 13 members from the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) and European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) undertook a six-stage modified Delphi process, including a detailed literature review, to create a series of consensus statements concerning patient preparation, imaging hardware and image acquisition protocols.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and fifty-seven statements were scored for agreement by the panel of which 129 statements (82 %) achieved immediate consensus with a further 19 (12 %) achieving consensus after appropriate modification. Nine (6 %) statements were rejected as consensus could not be reached.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These expert consensus recommendations can be used to help guide cross-sectional radiological practice for imaging the small bowel and colon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  • Cross-sectional imaging is increasingly used to evaluate the bowel • Image quality is paramount to achieving high diagnostic accuracy • Guidelines concerning patient preparation and image acquisition protocols are provided.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK. Stuart.taylor@uclh.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Imaging, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, Lille University Hospitals, Av Eugène Avinée, Lille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Avni
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoeffel
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-030, Korea.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, I.C.O.T. Hospital, Via Franco Faggiana, 1668, Latina, 04100, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, 32 Castelvetro Street, Milan, 20154, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Timone Enfant Hospital, 264 rue St Pierre, 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, Catalonia, Barcelona, 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rimola
authors.affiliation: St James's University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Tolan
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Torkzad
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, INSERM CRI U1149, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zappa
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Post box 22660, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C A J
authors.initials: CAJ
authors.lastname: Puylaert
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Post box 22660, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stoker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D032921:Consensus; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
keywords: Computed tomography; Crohn disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Small bowel; Ultrasound