With collaboration of Dr. Alan Buchman, Consulting Editor, Dr. Perry J. Pickhardt has created a comprehensive issue of Gastroenterology Clinics that looks at imaging techniques for gastrointestinal diseases. Experts in their respective fields have contributed clinical reviews in the following areas: Evaluation of Dysphagia: The Role of Barium Fluoroscopy; CT and MR Small Bowel Enterography: Current Status and Future Trends; Radiologic Assessment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding; CT Colonography: Implementation for Screening; Rectal MR for Cancer Staging and Surveillance; Defecography (fluoro vs MR); Noninvasive Imaging Techniques for Staging Liver Fibrosis; HCC Screening: Comparison of US, CT, and MR Approaches; Pancreatic Cystic Lesions; Overview of biliary imaging; Splenomegaly: Clinico-Radiologic Approach to the Differential Diagnosis; MR for Non-Traumatic Acute Abdominal Pain: Comparison with CT and US; and PET/MR: Current Clinical Status and Future Prospects. Gastroenterologists will come away with the knowledge they need to understand the latest imaging modalities for diagnosis and assessment of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders.
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By Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, Professor Of Radiology, Abdominal Imaging Section, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI USA
Foreword: Diagnostic Imaging: A Peephole into Many of the Body’s Dressing Rooms
Preface: Gastrointestinal Imaging: Rapid Advancements Leading to Improved Patient Care
Ten Questions About Barium Esophagography and Dysphagia
Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Small Bowel Enterography: Current Status and Future Trends Focusing on Crohn’s Disease
Radiologic Assessment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
The Natural History of Colorectal Polyps: Overview of Predictive Static and Dynamic Features
Rectal MRI for Cancer Staging and Surveillance
Defecography: An Overview of Technique, Interpretation, and Impact on Patient Care
Multidetector Computed Tomography for Retrospective, Noninvasive Staging of Liver Fibrosis
Role of Imaging in Surveillance and Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Imaging in Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Immunoglobulin G4–Related Disease of the Abdomen
Percutaneous Biliary Interventions
Splenomegaly: A Combined Clinical and Radiologic Approach to the Differential Diagnosis
MRI of the Nontraumatic Acute Abdomen: Description of Findings and Multimodality Correlation
PET/MRI for Gastrointestinal Imaging: Current Clinical Status and Future Prospects