Abstract
Functional imaging techniques enable physiological information to be derived, which, combined with high-resolution anatomical imaging, has the potential to improve the management of patients with intestinal disease. Two of the common pathologies where imaging has a substantial role in depicting disease extent, in staging disease, and assessing therapeutic response and/or disease relapse are cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. In these scenarios, functional imaging may augment assessment of disease activity, therapeutic response/non-response, as well as disease relapse by indicating physiological changes as a result of tumor, inflammation, or fibrosis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1203-1213 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | ABDOMINAL IMAGING |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2013 |