Ultrasound shear wave elastography in pediatric stricturing small bowel Crohn disease: correlation with histology and second harmonic imaging microscopy.

Nadeen Abu-AtaJonathan R DillmanJonathan M RubinMargaret H CollinsLaura A JohnsonRebecca S ImbusErin L BonkowskiLee A DensonPeter D R Higgins

Published in: Pediatric radiology (2022)

Bowel wall and overall right lower quadrant ultrasound stiffness measurements correlate with mucosal active inflammation and muscularis propria smooth muscle hypertrophy in pediatric stricturing ileal Crohn disease, but not with intestinal fibrosis.

Keyphrases

smooth muscle
small bowel
high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
ultrasound guided
high throughput
high speed
computed tomography
abdominal pain
fluorescence imaging