MR Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Assistant Clinical Professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Sharp and Children's MRI Center in San Diego, California, Russell N. Low, M.D., assists physicians in practice to understand the role of advanced imaging studies when clinical examination indicates further evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract. He compares MRI, spiral (helical) CT, and endoscopy in patients with Chrohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome, and describes the role of MRI with suspected mesenteric ischemia. Finally, he explains the use of MRI to stage colorectal cancer patients for treatment. 


The RadGuidance® series of ebooks offers practicing clinicians - both primary care doctors and specialists - a quick and easy reference to over 100 distinct conditions, and how state-of-the-art imaging should be applied within the context of diagnosis, preoperative staging and therapy monitoring. 


Authored by board certified radiologists who also teach at the finest medical schools in the U.S. and abroad, each book is presented in a clear and concise manner meant to be read in less than an hour, yet contains all the necessary information upon which to base a decision on when to order advanced imaging studies for the particular disease process under review. 


The RadGuidance series offers referring physicians and radiology students the opportunity to confirm suspicions and validate decisions by accessing precisely targeted information quickly and economically as cases present in daily practice.