Open AccessMotility index measured by magnetic resonance enterography is associated with sex and mural thickness
Author(s) -
Sven Månsson,
Olle Ekberg,
Bodil Ohlsson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i36.5484
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , irritable bowel syndrome , magnetic resonance imaging , jejunum , gastroenterology , logistic regression , observational study , ileum , disease , radiology
Recently, a technique has been developed to use magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) for the evaluation of small bowel motility. The hypothesis was that assessment of the motility index (MI) should reflect differences in motility between clinical conditions.