This second edition is primarily dedicated to MR-Enterography, an imaging modality whose reliability for intestinal assessment in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases has gained increasing consensus.

The performance of this technique has been significantly enlarged over the last years, due to its undoubted advantages in terms of exhaustive evaluation of the abdominal cavity and safeness due to the lack of radiation exposure. 

The first part is focused on MR-Enterography standard protocol. Nevertheless, additional sequences, technical novelties and common pitfalls are reported and discussed.  

In the second section, the typical intestinal and extra-intestinal findings related to Crohns disease are described in detail. In this edition, more emphasis has been put on practical topics, useful in the daily clinical practice: anatomical changes after surgical procedures, structured reporting and emerging clinical applications over inflammatory bowel diseases.

Another part is dedicated to Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the anal canal, including technical aspects and clinical implications.

The text is largely complemented by diagnostic images. Nonetheless, at the end of the book 30 illustrated cases show different clinical scenarios evaluated with MR-Enterography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the anal canal.

Professor Silvio Mazziotti is Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Messina, Italy. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 publications in the field of diagnostic imaging, including monographs, book chapters and over journal articles. Professor Mazziotti is co-author of three previous books published by Springer: S. Mazziotti and A. Blandino (2014)MR Enterography, I. Pandolfo and S. Mazziotti (2013)Orthopantomography and E. Neri and S. Mazziotti (2012)Il Dentascan. He acts as an editorial board member and reviewer for a number of leading journals.

Professor Alfredo Blandino is Full Professor of Radiology and Head of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at the Polyclinic of the University of Messina. He is author or co-author of more than 200 publications in the field of diagnostic imaging, including books, monographs and book chapters. He has already published with Springer and has served on the editorial boards of various journals, includingLa Radiologia Medica andEuropean Radiology.

Dr. Giuseppe Cicero is a PhD radiologist at University of Messina. He is author or co-author of several publications, including journal articles and book chapters, mainly focused on cross-sectional imaging and intestinal assessment of patients affected by Inflammatory Bowel diseases. He currently acts as editorial board member and reviewer for different scientific journals and he has also accomplished international fellowships at Universitätsklinikum in Graz (Austria) and at Erasmus MC- Sophia Childrens Hospital in Rotterdam (the Netherlands).

Chapter 1) Introduction.- Chapter 2) Small Bowel Imaging.- Chapter 3) MR Enterography: Technique.- Chapter 4) MR Enterography: Anatomy.- Chapter 5) MR Enterography: Intestinal Findings In Chrons Disease.-  Chapter 6) Exraintestinal Complications in Crohn's Disease: MR-Enterography Findings.- Chapter 7) MR Enterography beyond Crohn's Disease.- Chapter 8) MR Enterography Pitfalls.- Chapter 9) MRI of the Anal Region in Crohn's Disease.- Chapter 10) Structured Reporting.- Chapter 11) Clinical Cases.