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Radiological Findings in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Abstract

Radiology has evolved dramatically since the 1950s. At that time, plain film radiography and single-contrast barium studies were the only imaging techniques available. In the 1960s, two developments occurred that gave rise to the subspecialty of gastrointestinal radiology; the introduction of image intensifiers and of double-contrast techniques. The images produced redefined the radiological diagnosis of diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (1). Double-contrast examinations are now the primary radiological modalities used in the investigation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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    Russell D. Cohen MD

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MacEneaney, P.M., Gasparaitis, A.E. (2003). Radiological Findings in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In: Cohen, R.D. (eds) Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-311-8_6

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