Title: Comment on “Ultrasonographic scores for ileal Crohn’s disease assessment: Better, worse
or the same as contrast#enhanced ultrasound?”
Version: 2 Date: 15 Jan 2023
Reviewer's report:
This is a comment on a recent retrospective study which focussed on contrast-enhanced
ultrasound in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. (Freitas et al.).
The authors address limitations of the work of Freitas et al., namely the retrospective approach
and methodology issues such as the applied cut-offs of the SES-CD score and the mode of time
intensity curve analysis.
This comment is welcome because
a) the authors are experts in the field
b) the addressed limitations have already been discussed during the review process (https://
bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-022-02326-6/peer-review)
I don't see relevant limitations in the present manuscript. However, I would recommend
discussing the issue of the algorithm used for the curve fit directly with Freitas et al. before
publishing a reproduction of their figure.
Title: Comment on “Ultrasonographic scores for ileal Crohn’s disease assessment: Better, worse
or the same as contrast#enhanced ultrasound?”
Version: 2 Date: 15 Jan 2023
Reviewer's report:
This is a comment on a recent retrospective study which focussed on contrast-enhanced
ultrasound in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. (Freitas et al.).
The authors address limitations of the work of Freitas et al., namely the retrospective approach
and methodology issues such as the applied cut-offs of the SES-CD score and the mode of time
intensity curve analysis.
This comment is welcome because
a) the authors are experts in the field
b) the addressed limitations have already been discussed during the review process (https://
bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-022-02326-6/peer-review)
I don't see relevant limitations in the present manuscript. However, I would recommend
discussing the issue of the algorithm used for the curve fit directly with Freitas et al. before
publishing a reproduction of their figure.
Please review this paper.
user
Title: Comment on “Ultrasonographic scores for ileal Crohn’s disease assessment: Better, worse
or the same as contrast#enhanced ultrasound?”
Version: 2 Date: 15 Jan 2023
Reviewer's report:
This is a comment on a recent retrospective study which focussed on contrast-enhanced
ultrasound in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. (Freitas et al.).
The authors address limitations of the work of Freitas et al., namely the retrospective approach
and methodology issues such as the applied cut-offs of the SES-CD score and the mode of time
intensity curve analysis.
This comment is welcome because
a) the authors are experts in the field
b) the addressed limitations have already been discussed during the review process (https://
bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-022-02326-6/peer-review)
I don't see relevant limitations in the present manuscript. However, I would recommend
discussing the issue of the algorithm used for the curve fit directly with Freitas et al. before
publishing a reproduction of their figure.
assistant