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ArticleJournal of clinical imaging science2020

Fast Magnetic Resonance Enterography Protocol for the Evaluation of Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Pilot Study.

Giuseppe Cicero, Stefania Mondello, Julian L Wichmann, Moritz H Albrecht, Thomas J Vogl, Marco Cavallaro, Luciano Frosina, Tommaso D'Angelo, Silvio Mazziotti

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Article in Journal of clinical imaging science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Giuseppe CiceroDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy.
Stefania MondelloDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy.
Julian L WichmannDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Moritz H AlbrechtDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Thomas J VoglDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Marco CavallaroDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy.
Luciano FrosinaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy.
Tommaso D'AngeloDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy.
Silvio MazziottiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · ITGoethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity Hospital Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMagnetic resonance enterography has achieved an increasingly importance in the evaluation of patients with Crohn's disease, although it is limited by high costs and prolonged scanning times. The aim of our work was to design a "fast" abbreviated MRE protocol and to compare it with the standard one. MATERIALS AND

methodsA single-center retrospective study was performed on 73 patients with Crohn's disease who underwent MRE with standard protocol over a 7-month period. The images of the standard protocol were separated from those included in the proposed abbreviated one and independently evaluated by two radiologists with different years of experience in MRE imaging. Statistical analysis was performed with the Cohen kappa (κ) value, used to assess the agreement in case of categorical variables, the Lin's concordance correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plot, in assessing the degree of agreement between numerical measurements, while the non- parametric Mann-Whitney U-test was used in comparing the evaluation times of the two protocols.

resultsThe intraobserver evaluation showed a perfect agreement between the two protocols for presence, number and extension of lesions, abdominal complications, and excellent/perfect in identification of active inflammation.The interobserver reproducibility was excellent for overall presence and number of lesions, for the presence and number of lesions in any abdominal quadrant, inflammation, intestinal and extraintestinal complications, and lesions extension.

conclusionThe proposed protocol achieves comparable performance with standard MRE. Furthermore, it would carry potential benefits in terms of patient's comfort, time, and health-care costs savings.

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Crohn’s diseaseInflammatory bowel diseasesMagnetic resonance imaging

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