CT and MR enterography in evaluating small bowel diseases: when to use which modality?

G Masselli, G Gualdi - Abdominal imaging, 2013 - Springer
MR and CT techniques optimized for small bowel imaging are playing an increasing role in
the evaluation of small bowel disorders. Several studies have shown the advantages of …

Acute abdominal and pelvic pain in pregnancy: ESUR recommendations

G Masselli, L Derchi, J McHugo, A Rockall, P Vock… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Acute abdominal pain in pregnancy presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Standard imaging techniques need to be adapted to reduce harm to the fetus from X-rays …

Comparison of MR enteroclysis with MR enterography and conventional enteroclysis in patients with Crohn's disease

G Masselli, E Casciani, E Polettini, G Gualdi - European radiology, 2008 - Springer
To prospectively compare the diagnostic accuracy of MR enteroclysis with duodenal
intubation with MRI after drinking oral contrast agent only (MR enterography) with …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging of the small bowel in Crohn's disease: a review of old and new techniques

S Saibeni, E Rondonotti, A Iozzelli, L Spina… - World journal of …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The investigation of small bowel morphology is often mandatory in many patients with
Crohn's disease. Traditional radiological techniques (small bowel enteroclysis and small …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging of small bowel neoplasms

G Masselli, E Casciani, E Polettini, F Laghi… - Cancer …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is rapidly increasing clinical acceptance to evaluate the
small bowel and can be the initial imaging method to investigate small bowel diseases. MR …

Assessment of Crohn's disease in the small bowel: prospective comparison of magnetic resonance enteroclysis with conventional enteroclysis

G Masselli, E Casciani, E Polettini, S Lanciotti… - European …, 2006 - Springer
Our objective was to assess the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance enteroclysis (MRE)
compared with conventional enteroclysis (CE) in patients with Crohn's disease. A secondary …

Magnetic resonance enteroclysis compared with conventional enteroclysis and computed tomography enteroclysis: a critically appraised topic

ER Ryan, ISE Heaslip - Abdominal imaging, 2008 - Springer
Recent advances in CT and MR technology, particularly the advent of multidetector CT
(MDCT), the advent of rapidly changing gradients in industry standard MRI scanners …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) vs. MRI of the small bowel in the evaluation of Crohn's disease activity.

R Malago, M D'Onofrio, W Mantovani… - La radiologia …, 2012 - europepmc.org
Purpose The presence of disease activity in Crohn's disease (CD) is one of the main
parameters used to establish whether optimal therapy should be drug therapy or surgery …

Detection of Crohn's disease with diffusion images versus contrast-enhanced images in pediatric using MR enterography with histopathological correlation

G Masselli, C De Vincentiis, M Aloi, M Guida, R Cao… - La radiologia …, 2019 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to determine whether MRE performed with diffusion-weighted
imaging (DWI) sequences is comparable to contrast-enhanced MRE in the detection of …

Noninflammatory conditions of the small bowel

G Masselli, E Polettini, F Laghi, R Monti… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2014 - mri.theclinics.com
Tumors of the small bowel are infrequent, accounting for about 3% to 6% of all
gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasms. Diagnosis is not easy, owing to the nonspecific symptoms …