Magnetic Resonance Enterography

The assessment of small bowel pathology has always been a difficult task for radiologists and gastroenterologists, mainly due to its remoteness from the mouth and anus and to the length of small bowel loops [1]. The wide range of methods currently available for the evaluation of the small bowel, including radiologic and endoscopic techniques, is a confirmation of this difficulty. The radiologic techniques include small bowel follow-through (SBFT), fluoroscopic enteroclysis, ultrasound (US), conventional computed tomography (CT), CT enteroclysis (CTe), CT enterography (CTE), magnetic resonance (MR) enteroclysis (MRe) and MR enterography (MRE). Endoscopic methods include ileoscopy, enteroscopy and wireless capsule endoscopy (CE).