The Chicago Mesenteric Fat Index: A Novel Metric for Point-of-Care Intestinal Ultrasound Evaluation of Mesenteric Fat Wrapping in Crohn’s Disease
CMFI represents a proof-of-concept tool for semi-quantitative assessment of MF wrapping on IUS. While reproducible and associated with other disease markers, its incremental clinical utility remains to be established through prospective validation and longitudinal outcome studies.
Authors
- C. Liao
- Tanya George
- Yusuke Miyatani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1426-0981)
- Natalie K. Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3637-1543)
- Noa Krugliak Cleveland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-8560)
- Amelia Kellar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-5341)
- E N Fear
- Joëlle St-Pierre
- Zach Fine
- David T Rubin
- Emma Picker
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaf268
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00