
New Ultrasound Imaging Technique Helps Doctors See Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity at the Bedside with no Sedation or Radiation
WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington, D.C. region to offer bedside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to monitor inflammation in IBD patients. To assess chronic inflammatory diseases of the intestines, like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, patients are traditionally monitored with blood tests, stool studies, MRI or CT scans, and colonoscopies. Those kinds of tests can require bowel preparation, sedation, anesthesia, and radiation.








