Apparent diffusion coefficient for assessing Crohn's disease activity: a meta-analysis.
Maximilian ThormannBohdan MelekhCaroline BärMaciej PechJazan OmariAndreas WienkeHans-Jonas MeyerAlexey SurovPublished in: European radiology (2022)
• ADC value can reflect acute inflammatory reactions but not systemic inflammation. • ADC is inversely correlated with CDAI, MaRIA, and SES-CD. • The role of ADC in assessing fibrotic changes in the bowel wall is limited.
Keyphrases
- diffusion weighted imaging
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- ankylosing spondylitis
- diffusion weighted
- liver failure
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- systemic sclerosis
- oxidative stress
- respiratory failure
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- nk cells
- intensive care unit