Imaging of the Small Bowel and Colorectum (An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America, Vol. 56-5)

Preface: Innovations in Bowel Imaging

Computed Tomography Enterography

Magnetic Resonance Enterography for Inflammatory and Noninflammatory Conditions of the Small Bowel

Interdisciplinary Updates in Crohn's Disease Reporting Nomenclature and Cross-Sectional Disease Monitoring

Low-Dose Computed Tomography Colonography Technique

Current Status of Magnetic Resonance Colonography for Screening and Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

MR Imaging of Rectal Cancer

MR Imaging of Perianal Fistulas

Imaging Workup of Acute and Occult Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Scans of the Bowel: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Future Directions

Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Applications of PET/Computed Tomography and PET/MR Imaging

Imaging of the Postoperative Colon

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of the Small Bowel and Colorectum, and is edited by Dr. Judy Yee. Articles will include: CT Enterography; MR Enterography; Low Dose CT Colonography Technique; MR of Rectal Cancer; MRI of Perianal Fistula; Imaging Workup of Acute and Occult Lower GI Bleeding; Dual Energy CT of the Bowel: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Future Directions; Lower GI Tract Applications of PET/CT and PET/MR; Imaging of the Post-operative Colon; Updates in Crohn's Disease Reporting and Nomenclature; CT Colonography Pearls and Pitfalls; Current Status of MR Colonography; and more!

Author Information
By Judy Yee, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, San Francisco, California