The diagnosis of gut-inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), that may lead into colorectal cancer (CRC), is a major public health issue. The emergence of novel imaging-based diagnosis technics helps to improve patients’ following-up but also the growth mechanisms of such conditions. In this context, the present manuscript describes a protocol that includes sequentially endoluminal MRI examination with conventional endoscopy, optical spectroscopy and confocal endomicroscopy. The dedicated developed instrumentation has been first characterized on organic models and then evaluated in vivo on a mouse model of colitis during two longitudinal studies. This project aims to propose methodological developments offering new ...