Gastroparesis MRI
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]; Madhu Sigdel M.B.B.S.[3]
Overview
Overview
Gastric real time high resolution MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of gastroparesis and other motility disorders of gastrointestinal tract. Findings on MRI suggestive of gastroparesis include reduced antral peristaltic wave propagation and reduced gastric motility index. The advantages of MRI include being noninvasive, operator independence with no ionizing radiation exposure.
MRI
MRI
- Gastric real time high resolution MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of gastroparesis and other motility disorders of gastrointestinal tract.[1][2][3][4]
- Findings on MRI suggestive of gastroparesis include:[5]
- Reduced antral peristaltic wave propagation
- Reduced gastric motility index
- The advantages of MRI include:
- Accurate and reproducible
- Noninvasive
- Operator independence
- No ionizing radiation exposure
References
References
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- ↑ Marciani L, Young P, Wright J, Moore R, Coleman N, Gowland PA, Spiller RC (2001). “Antral motility measurements by magnetic resonance imaging”. Neurogastroenterol. Motil. 13 (5): 511–8. PMID 11696113.
- ↑ Kunz P, Crelier GR, Schwizer W, Borovicka J, Kreiss C, Fried M, Boesiger P (1998). “Gastric emptying and motility: assessment with MR imaging–preliminary observations”. Radiology. 207 (1): 33–40. doi:10.1148/radiology.207.1.9530296. PMID 9530296.
- ↑ Kunz, Patrik; Feinle, Christine; Schwizer, Werner; Fried, Michael; Boesiger, Peter (1999). “Assessment of gastric motor function during the emptying of solid and liquid meals in humans by MRI”. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 9 (1): 75–80. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199901)9:1<75::AID-JMRI10>3.0.CO;2-I. ISSN 1053-1807.
- ↑ Ajaj W, Goehde SC, Papanikolaou N, Holtmann G, Ruehm SG, Debatin JF; et al. (2004). “Real time high resolution magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of gastric motility disorders”. Gut. 53 (9): 1256–61. doi:10.1136/gut.2003.038588. PMC 1774201. PMID 15306580.
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