Abstract
Ultrasonography has become increasingly important in the routine diagnostics of gastrointestinal diseases. It is first of all a morphological diagnostic method. As it not only assesses the wall structure of the gallbladder, the pancreatic duct and the whole gastrointestinal tract but also visualises motion sequences as a real-time-method, functional processes and their disruptions can especially be examined. The present authors give a review of the capacity of functional ultrasound in different anatomic zones and critically discuss its practical relevance.
MeSH terms
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Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
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Digestive System Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Digestive System Diseases / physiopathology
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Gallbladder Emptying / physiology
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Gastric Emptying / physiology
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Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Gastrointestinal Diseases / physiopathology
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Gastrointestinal Motility / physiology
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Gastrointestinal Tract / blood supply
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Humans
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Intussusception / diagnostic imaging
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Intussusception / physiopathology
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Liver Circulation / physiology
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Pancreatic Ducts / diagnostic imaging
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Pancreatic Ducts / physiopathology
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Portal System
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Ultrasonography, Doppler