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Abstract #4627

Magnetic Resonance Enterography in the Assessment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pediatric Population Including DWI, Cine MR & Post Gadolinium Dynamic MR.

Jorge Humberto Davila Acosta1,2, Nagwa Wilson3, Elka Miller

1Diagnostic Imaging, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 3Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada


MR enterography is state of art imaging in the assessment of small bowel. Use of techniques as DWI, Cine MR and dynamic post gadolinium enhancement increase the accuracy of this tool in the evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease and its complications. It helps to make the diagnosis, extension and severity of the disease in new patients and the response to treatment in patients under different kind of therapy.