| ADC | apparent diffusion coefficient |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| CD | Crohn’s disease |
| DWI | diffusion-weighted imaging |
| ECCO | European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel diseases |
| IUS | intestinal ultrasound |
| MRE | magnetic resonance enterography |
| MUS | Milan ultrasound criteria |
| SWD | shear wave dispersion |
| SWE | shear wave elastography |
| UC | ulcerative colitis |
| VSOPs | very small superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles |