Computerized tomography (CT) scan. This test uses a series of X-ray images to create detailed cross-section pictures of your bowel. Ultrasound. Doctors often use this type of imaging test on ...

The condition, marked by frequent diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss, requires doctors to keep tabs on the bowel – and until recently, that would have meant repeat colonoscopies.

Implications of overlying bowel gas on an ultrasound Overlying bowel gas can interfere with the results of an ultrasound when diagnosing other conditions or a standard prenatal checkup.

Assessing bowel wall thickness with intestinal ultrasound can be a helpful tool to monitor therapeutic response in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to study results published in Gut.

You'll be given written instructions on how to prepare for the ultrasound scan. You usually need to make sure you have had a bowel movement beforehand so your back passage (rectum) is empty when you ...

Sabina Ali, MD Starting this summer, UCSF Benioff Children’s will be one of only a handful of children’s hospitals on the West Coast to offer intestinal ultrasound to children with inflammatory bowel ...

An intestinal ultrasound is an easy, noninvasive way to check on different types of inflammatory bowel diseases. "In the most accurate way possible and the fastest way possible and the most ...

With this condition, doctors usually find a small mass of tissue (lesion) on your bowel wall. More rarely, a lesion can work its way into the muscular layer as well. These lesions grow slowly.