Method to monitoring Crohn's

摘要

European researchers are using a €3m (￡2.6m) grant to investigate whether MRI is a suitable tool for monitoring Crohn's disease. MRI scans can be used as an alternative to colonoscopy when monitoring the course of the disease and assessing its response to treatment. Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is joining six European partners from the academic world in the VIGOR++ project to develop an objective, quantitative method for assessing the scans. The researchers expect that this method will enable doctors to more accurately determine the activity level of the disease over time and that it may lead to a reduction in the number of colonoscopies.