Application and advances of diffusion-weighted imaging in colorectal tumor and inflammatory bowel disease / 复旦学报（医学版）

As a novel magnetic resonance functional imaging technique,diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has been widely used in the diagnosis of diseases of central nervous system.Recent years,DWI application is getting more and more to evaluate the biological characteritics of human body,espercially in liver,pancreas,kidneys and pelvic cavity.While,research of DWI in intestinal disease is relatively few.This article aims to review the application advances of DWI in colorectal tumor and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).