Zakeri N, Pollok RC. Diagnostic imaging and radiation exposure in inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(7): 2165-2178 [PMID: 26900282 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i7.2165]
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Richard CG Pollok, PhD, FRCP, BSc, DTM&H, Department of Gastroenterology, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom. richard.pollok@nhs.net
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2016; 22(7): 2165-2178 Published online Feb 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i7.2165
Diagnostic imaging and radiation exposure in inflammatory bowel disease
Nekisa Zakeri, Richard CG Pollok
Nekisa Zakeri, Department of Gastroenterology, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom
Richard CG Pollok, Department of Gastroenterology, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Zakeri N and Pollok RCG both contributed to the literature analysis and writing of this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Richard CG Pollok, PhD, FRCP, BSc, DTM&H, Department of Gastroenterology, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom. richard.pollok@nhs.net
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Received: September 21, 2015 Peer-review started: September 23, 2015 First decision: October 14, 2015 Revised: November 2, 2015 Accepted: December 12, 2015 Article in press: December 12, 2015 Published online: February 21, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Due to the chronic and relapsing nature of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), patients are at risk of exposure to potentially harmful cumulative radiation doses in their lifetime. Computed tomography (CT) imaging remains responsible for the majority of this radiation exposure. As well as new reduced radiation CT imaging techniques, radiation-free alternatives magnetic resonance imaging and small intestine contrast enhanced ultrasonography have emerged, offering comparable diagnostic accuracy. In this review we explore the proportion of IBD patients exposed to high cumulative radiation doses, the factors associated with higher radiation exposures, and we compare conventional imaging with newer radiation-free imaging techniques for the evaluation of patients with IBD.
