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Open AccessMRI radiomics enhances radiologists’ ability for characterizing intestinal fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease
We aimed to develop MRI-based radiomic models (RMs) to improve the diagnostic accuracy of radiologists in characterizing intestinal fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD).
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Magnetisation transfer imaging adds information to conventional MRIs to differentiate inflammatory from fibrotic components of small intestinal strictures in Crohn’s disease
Identifying inflammation- or fibrosis-predominant strictures in Crohn’s disease (CD) is crucial for treatment strategies. We evaluated the additive value of magnetisation transfer (MT) to conventional MRI for ...
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Open AccessA novel collagen area fraction index to quantitatively assess bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease
A validated histopathological tool to precisely evaluate bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease is lacking. We attempted to establish a new index to quantify the severity of bowel fibrosis in patients...
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IVIM with fractional perfusion as a novel biomarker for detecting and grading intestinal fibrosis in Crohn’s disease
Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides information on both perfusion and diffusion and has been used to evaluate Crohn’s disease (CD) activity and fibr...
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Ability of DWI to characterize bowel fibrosis depends on the degree of bowel inflammation
Although diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is reported to be accurate in detecting bowel inflammation in Crohn’s disease (CD), its ability to assess bowel fibrosis remains unclear. This study assessed the role ...
