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Intestinal ultrasound articles covering bowel-wall imaging, noninvasive monitoring, treatment response, and Crohn's disease or IBD research. Monitoring context emphasizes diagnosis, follow-up, disease activity, treatment response, and care decisions.

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Implementation of intestinal ultrasound in Canadian inflammatory bowel disease care: perspectives from a national expert roundtable
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

Implementation of intestinal ultrasound in Canadian inflammatory bowel disease care: perspectives from a national expert roundtable

IUS can provide rapid, bedside assessment and longitudinal monitoring of IBD activity, which may improve treat-to-target care. Understanding barriers and strategies for implementation matters for patients and clinicians...

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Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Classification of Crohn's Disease: Misdiagnosis, Overdiagnosis, and Misclassification.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Classification of Crohn's Disease: Misdiagnosis, Overdiagnosis, and Misclassification.

Accurate diagnosis and classification affect treatment choices and risks—misdiagnosis can lead to unnecessary immunosuppression, while misclassification can under-recognize severe or proximal disease that needs different...

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Acne therapy with isotretinoin is well tolerated in patients with established inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective, single center study.
Crohn's & colitis 360

Acne therapy with isotretinoin is well tolerated in patients with established inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective, single center study.

Patients and clinicians worry isotretinoin might trigger flares in people with existing IBD. This study suggests that among patients with stable, well-controlled Crohn's or UC, isotretinoin did not generally worsen...

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Intestinal ultrasound assessment of Crohn’s disease activity and complications: correlation with clinical, biochemical, and cross-sectional imaging findings
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Intestinal ultrasound assessment of Crohn’s disease activity and complications: correlation with clinical, biochemical, and cross-sectional imaging findings

IUS with the IBUS‑SAS score may offer a reliable, noninvasive way to monitor Crohn’s disease activity that correlates with clinical scores and biomarkers and aligns well with CT/MRI for most findings.

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Protocol: Early Intestinal Ultrasonography for Prediction of Response to Corticosteroids or Biologics in Outpatients With Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis
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Protocol: Early Intestinal Ultrasonography for Prediction of Response to Corticosteroids or Biologics in Outpatients With Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis

If validated, early bedside ultrasound changes could let clinicians identify within days whether steroids or biologics are working, enabling faster treatment adjustments and potentially avoiding prolonged ineffective...

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Can simplified endoscopic score for Crohn’s disease be simpler? --Development and Validation of the Multimodal Activity Score for Crohn's Disease (MAS-CD)
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Can simplified endoscopic score for Crohn’s disease be simpler? --Development and Validation of the Multimodal Activity Score for Crohn's Disease (MAS-CD)

A multimodal, simpler activity score could improve practical disease monitoring when full ileocolonoscopy isn’t possible and help standardize treat-to-target practice across centers.

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Intestinal ultrasound versus magnetic resonance enterography for detecting small bowel Crohn's disease in children.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Intestinal ultrasound versus magnetic resonance enterography for detecting small bowel Crohn's disease in children.

Children with Crohn's and their clinicians often need noninvasive, accessible ways to monitor small-bowel disease. If validated elsewhere, IUS with the reported BWT thresholds could reduce reliance on MRE, which is...

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Beyond bowel wall thickness: Is the international bowel ultrasound segmental activity score ready for prime time in Crohn's disease?
Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology

Beyond bowel wall thickness: Is the international bowel ultrasound segmental activity score ready for prime time in Crohn's disease?

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be an opinion or commentary related to Crohn's disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Intestinal ultrasound. The original article is from Indian journal of...

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Raising the Bar in Crohn's Disease: Is Transmural Healing Achievable?
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)

Raising the Bar in Crohn's Disease: Is Transmural Healing Achievable?

Transmural healing may better reflect the full depth of inflammation in Crohn’s disease than mucosal healing alone and is associated with improved long-term outcomes in many studies. If validated and adopted, TH could...

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Intestinal ultrasound: a non-invasive alternative to monitor and predict biologic treatment persistence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology

Intestinal ultrasound: a non-invasive alternative to monitor and predict biologic treatment persistence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

A non-invasive test (intestinal ultrasound) that predicts whether patients stay on biologic therapy could reduce the need for frequent endoscopy and help guide monitoring decisions.

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Prospective Intestinal Ultrasound Study for Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Development
ClinicalTrials.gov

Prospective Intestinal Ultrasound Study for Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Development

Intestinal ultrasound can assess IBD inflammation without radiation but interpretation varies by operator. Developing AI tools to measure bowel wall thickness and other features could standardize and speed image...

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Association Between Bowel Urgency and Intestinal Ultrasound Parameters in Ulcerative Colitis: Insights Into Transmural Inflammation and Symptom Pathophysiology.
United European gastroenterology journal

Association Between Bowel Urgency and Intestinal Ultrasound Parameters in Ulcerative Colitis: Insights Into Transmural Inflammation and Symptom Pathophysiology.

The study connects a bothersome UC symptom (bowel urgency) to intestinal ultrasound signs of transmural inflammation, suggesting ultrasound might help explain and track symptom-related inflammation without relying solely...

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Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Primary Non-Response and Maintenance Relapse in Upadacitinib-Treated Active Crohn's Disease: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Primary Non-Response and Maintenance Relapse in Upadacitinib-Treated Active Crohn's Disease: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study.

If you or your clinician are using upadacitinib for Crohn’s, intestinal ultrasound early in treatment may help predict who will not respond and who is more likely to relapse on maintenance dosing, potentially guiding...

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Ultrasound criteria for transmural healing and response in Crohn’s disease: a systematic review of definitions and thresholds
PubMed Central

Ultrasound criteria for transmural healing and response in Crohn’s disease: a systematic review of definitions and thresholds

Clear, reproducible ultrasound definitions for transmural healing and response could help clinicians track deeper intestinal healing beyond mucosal assessment and allow trials to use consistent imaging endpoints.

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Correlation between endoscopic disease activity and cross‐sectional imaging scores at diagnosis in pediatric Crohn's disease
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Correlation between endoscopic disease activity and cross‐sectional imaging scores at diagnosis in pediatric Crohn's disease

Imaging and endoscopy can give different pictures of disease activity in newly diagnosed pediatric Crohn’s disease. That matters because treatment decisions often rely on how active disease appears and where it’s...

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Superb microvascular imaging within intestinal ultrasonography predicts endoscopic ulcers in the terminal ileum of patients with Crohn's disease.
Medicine

Superb microvascular imaging within intestinal ultrasonography predicts endoscopic ulcers in the terminal ileum of patients with Crohn's disease.

Noninvasive intestinal ultrasound with superb microvascular imaging (SMI) may help predict the presence and size of endoscopic ulcers in the terminal ileum of people with Crohn’s disease. That could improve noninvasive...

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Evaluation of subclinical pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease using spirometry: an observational study
Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Evaluation of subclinical pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease using spirometry: an observational study

IBD patients can have lung involvement without symptoms. Simple spirometry focused on small-airway measures might help detect early pulmonary changes and prompt further evaluation or monitoring.

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Diagnostic accuracy of the international bowel ultrasound segmental activity score for assessing disease activity in Crohn’s disease
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Diagnostic accuracy of the international bowel ultrasound segmental activity score for assessing disease activity in Crohn’s disease

Standardized intestinal ultrasound scoring could help non-invasively monitor Crohn’s disease activity and reduce reliance on colonoscopy for some assessments. A high-sensitivity IUS score may be useful to rule out...

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Isolated Mild Hyperemia Identified by Intestinal Ultrasound Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Isolated Mild Hyperemia Identified by Intestinal Ultrasound Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

If intestinal ultrasound shows mild isolated hyperemia even with normal bowel wall thickness, this study found a higher chance of treatment changes, steroid use, surgery, or hospitalization within a year — information...

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Evolving role of intestinal ultrasound in the evaluation of Crohn's disease: A clinical- radiological perspective
European Journal of Radiology Open

Evolving role of intestinal ultrasound in the evaluation of Crohn's disease: A clinical- radiological perspective

Intestinal ultrasound is increasingly used to evaluate Crohn’s disease because it’s noninvasive, repeatable, and can detect activity and some complications—potentially reducing reliance on more invasive tests. Wider...

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Beyond Clinical Toxicity: Repositioning the Truelove and Witts Criteria in the Treat-to-Target Era of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Gastroenterology Insights

Beyond Clinical Toxicity: Repositioning the Truelove and Witts Criteria in the Treat-to-Target Era of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis

The T&W criteria are still used to define severe UC on admission, but relying on them alone may delay recognition of steroid non‑response and escalation decisions. Integrating biomarkers, endoscopy, and imaging can help...

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Intestinal Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Pouchitis and Other Outcomes After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
ClinicalTrials.gov

Intestinal Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Pouchitis and Other Outcomes After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis

Pouchitis is a common complication after IPAA and noninvasive tools to detect inflammation could make monitoring easier and less burdensome than repeated pouchoscopy. This trial tested whether intestinal ultrasound can...

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Clinical appraisal of handheld intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease: Where are we now?
Inflammatory bowel diseases

Clinical appraisal of handheld intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease: Where are we now?

Handheld IUS could make noninvasive bowel assessment faster and more accessible for people with IBD, helping with triage and short-term monitoring without immediately resorting to endoscopy or advanced imaging.

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Multimodal monitoring of pan-enteric mucosal healing and biologic persistence in Crohn's disease-the MILESTONE-CD prospective cohort.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis

Multimodal monitoring of pan-enteric mucosal healing and biologic persistence in Crohn's disease-the MILESTONE-CD prospective cohort.

Measuring mucosal healing across the whole gut with stool markers, ultrasound, and capsule endoscopy may give a clearer picture of whether biologic treatment is working and help guide decisions about continuing or...

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The Milan Ultrasound Criteria (MUC) in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study of the Correlation With Clinical, Endoscopic and Ultrasound Activity Scores
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The Milan Ultrasound Criteria (MUC) in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study of the Correlation With Clinical, Endoscopic and Ultrasound Activity Scores

If validated, a simple ultrasound-based score could reduce the need for invasive endoscopy to monitor disease activity in children with ulcerative colitis. Noninvasive monitoring is especially valuable in pediatrics.

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Deep Learning‐Based Automated Bowel Wall Thickness Measurement in Intestinal Ultrasound for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
JCC Plus

Deep Learning‐Based Automated Bowel Wall Thickness Measurement in Intestinal Ultrasound for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Automating bowel wall thickness measurement could make intestinal ultrasound more consistent and reliable for monitoring inflammation in IBD, which matters to patients and clinicians tracking disease activity.

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Integrating perspectives on transabdominal intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease management: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of physicians and patients in China
Intestinal Research

Integrating perspectives on transabdominal intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease management: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of physicians and patients in China

This survey shows IUS is increasingly recognized but underutilized in China due to limited training and varied perceptions across specialties; patients generally like IUS but many have safety concerns. Addressing...

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Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography and intestinal ultrasound for treatment response assessment in Crohn's disease (MANTRA): protocol for a multicentre, non-randomised, multiple-arm, prospective cohort comparison study.
BMJ open

Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography and intestinal ultrasound for treatment response assessment in Crohn's disease (MANTRA): protocol for a multicentre, non-randomised, multiple-arm, prospective cohort comparison study.

This study could clarify which imaging test—MRE or IUS—is more accurate or appropriate for monitoring treatment response in Crohn's disease, potentially standardising follow-up and informing patient and clinician...

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Emerging role of intestinal ultrasound in detecting postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease.
Gastroenterology report

Emerging role of intestinal ultrasound in detecting postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease.

Noninvasive tools that reliably detect postoperative recurrence could reduce the need for frequent invasive endoscopy and help target earlier intervention for people with Crohn's disease after surgery.

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