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Automated versus subjective assessment of spatial and temporal MRI small bowel motility in Crohn's disease

Gollifer, RM; Menys, A; Plumb, A; Mengoudi, K; Puylaert, CAJ; Tielbeek, JAW; Ponsioen, CY; ... Atkinson, D; + view all (2019) Automated versus subjective assessment of spatial and temporal MRI small bowel motility in Crohn's disease. Clinical Radiology , 74 (10) 814.e9-814.e19. 10.1016/j.crad.2019.06.016. Green open access

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Abstract

AIM: To investigate whether subjective radiologist grading of motility on magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is as effective as software quantification, and to determine the combination of motility metrics with the strongest association with symptom severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and five Crohn's disease patients (52 male, 53 female, 16-68 years old, mean age 34 years old) recruited from two sites underwent MRE, including a 20 second breath-hold cine motility sequence. Each subject completed a Harvey-Bradshaw Index (HBI) symptom questionnaire. Five features within normally appearing bowel were scored visually by two experienced radiologists, and then quantified using automated analysis software, including (1) mean motility, (2) spatial motility variation, (3) temporal motility variation, (4) area of motile bowel, (5) intestinal distension. Multivariable linear regression derived the combination of features with the highest association with HBI score. RESULTS: The best automated metric combination was temporal variation (p<0.05) plus area of motile bowel (p<0.05), achieving an R2 adjusted value of 0.036. Spatial variation was also associated with symptoms (p<0.05, R2 adjusted = 0.034); however, when visually assessed by radiologists, none of the features had a significant relationship with the HBI score. CONCLUSION: Software quantified temporal and spatial variability in bowel motility are associated with abdominal symptoms in Crohn's disease. Subjective radiologist assessment of bowel motility is insufficient to detect aberrant motility. Automated analysis of motility patterns holds promise as an objective biomarker for aberrant physiology underlying symptoms in enteric disorders.

Type: Article
Title: Automated versus subjective assessment of spatial and temporal MRI small bowel motility in Crohn's disease
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2019.06.016
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2019.06.016
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082239
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