A NOVEL METHOD OF SONOGRAPHIC TISSUE PERFUSION MEASUREMENT TO EVALUATE GRADE OF INFLAMMATION IN CROHN DISEASE

Problemstellung: Inflammatory hyperperfusion is a mainstay of diagnosis and the main therapeutic target in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. It's exact measurement at the local site of it's development inside the bowel wall is therefore very important. We present a quite novel approach to sonographic inflammation grading in inflammatory bowel diseases via dynamic quantification of color Doppler signals along a complete heart cycle inside the bowel wall. The aim was to describe bowel wall perfusion in Crohn disease patients in comparison with healthy probands and to compare a conventional activity index (Pedia…