TABLE 1.
Different Roles for Molecular Imaging in IBD
| Diagnosis |
| Disease staging and monitoring |
| Personalized medicine |
| Prediction of treatment response |
| Evaluation of treatment response |
| Differentiation between the different types of strictures: predominantly fibrotic, predominantly inflammatory and mixed strictures. |
| Biomarker expression |
| Early detection of recurrence |
| Measure treatment response in clinical trial |