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Diffusion Weighted Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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The diagnostic access to the small bowel is not as easy as to the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract. Cross-sectional imaging plays an important role in diagnosing pathology in small bowel segments. As computed tomography carries the burden of radiation exposure and patients with small bowel pathologies like inflammatory bowel disease need to be imaged multiple times during their life, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) nowadays plays a major role. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is an evolving technique in MR imaging of the abdomen and since a few years in focus for diagnosing small bowel diseases. This chapter concentrates on the use of diffusion-weighted imaging for different small bowel pathologies. Furthermore, the role of DWI in diagnosing appendicitis will be discussed.

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Kinner, S. (2019). Small Bowel. In: Gourtsoyianni, S., Papanikolaou, N. (eds) Diffusion Weighted Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92819-7_3

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