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Impact of bowel dilation on small bowel motility measurements with cine-MRI: assessment of two quantification techniques
Author(s) -
Kyra L. van Rijn,
Jaap Stoker,
Alex Menys,
Catharina S. de Jonge
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
bjr|open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2513-9878
DOI - 10.1259/bjro.20210049
Subject(s) - motility , gastroenterology , medicine , lumen (anatomy) , stenosis , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , biology , genetics
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of bowel dilation on cine-MRI small bowel motility measurements, by comparing a conventional motility score (including bowel wall and lumen) with a bowel wall-specific motility score in healthy and diseased populations.Methods: Four populations were included: 10 Crohn’s patients with a stricture and prestricture dilation for segmental motility analysis, and 14 mannitol-prepared healthy subjects, 15 fasted healthy subjects and eight chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) patients (characterized by dilated bowel loops) for global small bowel motility analysis. All subjects underwent a cine-MRI scan from which two motility scores were calculated: a conventional score (including bowel wall and lumen) and a bowel wall-specific score. The difference between the two scores was calculated per population and compared between groups with a one-way ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer analysis.Results: In Crohn’s patients, the median (IQR) change between the conventional and wall-specific motility score was 0% (-2 to +4%) within the stricture and 0% (−1 to +7%) in the prestricture dilation. For the global small bowel, this was −1% (−5 to 0%) in mannitol-prepared healthy subjects, −2% (−6 to +2%) in fasted healthy subjects and +14% (+6 to+20%) in CIPO patients. The difference between the two motility scores in CIPO patients differed significantly from the four other groups (p = 0.002 to p < 0.001).Conclusions: The conventional small bowel motility score seems robust in Crohn’s disease patients and healthy subjects. In patients with globally and grossly dilated bowel loops, a bowel-wall specific motility score may give a better representation of small bowel motility.Advances in knowledge: These findings support researchers and clinicians with making informed choices for using cine-MRI motility analysis in different populations.

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