Upper gastrointestinal tract and abdomen: Water as an orally administered contrast agent for helical CT

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 365-370

  Winter, Thomas C ^a   Ager, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Nghiem, Hanh V ^a   Hill, Rachel S ^a   Harrison, Scott D ^a   Freeny, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rockwood Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Computed tomography (CT), contrast enhancement; Contrast media, comparative studies; Gastrointestinal tract, CT; Water

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; WATER;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING;

EID: 0029910924     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888224     Document Type: Article

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