A new and important study by @DrTomGoodsall @RobVBryant @ChrisMa_YYC and many great colleagues from 🇦🇺 & 🌎 on #intestinalultrasound and reliability, cghjournal.org/article/S1542… in @AGA_CGH. I am delighted for the collaboration and to be involved as an IBUS @BowelUltrasound #centralreader. "Conclusions: Local and central reading of IUS demonstrated at least moderate inter- and intra-rater reliability for several parameters. This study supports refining existing activity indices and incorporating IUS central reading into clinical trials." 🔑 takeaways and updates since the study was conducted: Interpretation of images is challenging in #IUS but also in other imaging modalities like #MRI. 📝"Inter-rater reliability estimates reported in the current study are similar to or greater than those observed when MRE features were evaluated in small bowel CD." 📝"Variability in inter-reliability estimates is most likely due to heterogeneous scoring conventions, parameter definitions, and training programs [...] We found that reliability was highest when BWS and i-fat were scored as absent/present. Conversely, assessing CDS using the 4-category modified Limberg Score yielded higher reliability estimates compared to a binary system." 🚀ACTION ✅@BowelUltrasound is currently working on standardizing training programs, and in a recent study by @GormRoager, parameter definitions were thoroughly discussed for optimizing scoring conventions => pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3902… @BowelUltrasound is also working on a new prospectively defined score and testing it for reliability and responsibility. @vipuljairath @DrYoonAn @JakobBegunMD @LaurenGastroDr @DrEmilyWright @AnthonyFriedman @novakkerri @RPanaccione @DrMikeDolinger