Small-bowel endoscopy – an introduction for radiologists

The fields of small-bowel radiology and small-bowel endoscopy have changed impressively during the last decade. Nowadays, there are many diagnostic options to choose from when a small-intestinal condition is suspected, including MR and CT enterography and enteroclysis, video capsule endoscopy, and several techniques of device-assisted flexible enteroscopy. This short review provides radiologists with basic knowledge concerning the latest developments in small-bowel endoscopy. An emphasis is on the way radiology and endoscopy may interact.