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Radiologic Imaging for Small-Bowel Evaluation

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The small bowel is a challenging organ for both clinicians and radiologists because of the rarity of small-bowel diseases, less availability of endoscopy for the evaluation of this organ, and low diagnostic yield of conventional barium studies. By virtue of technical advancement, cross-sectional imaging such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging becomes a first-line imaging for various small-bowel diseases. Therefore, this chapter will discuss the indications, advantages, and disadvantages of several radiologic modalities that can be used for small-bowel diseases, focusing on CT and MR enterography.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Se Hyung Kim

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Hoon Jai Chun

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang-Yong Seol

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Myung-Gyu Choi

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam-si, Kyonggi-do, Korea (Republic of)

    Joo Young Cho

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Kim, S.H. (2022). Radiologic Imaging for Small-Bowel Evaluation. In: Chun, H.J., Seol, SY., Choi, MG., Cho, J.Y. (eds) Small Intestine Disease. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7239-2_8

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