Blueberry juice used per os in upper abdominal MR imaging: Composition and initial clinical data

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 909-913

  Karantanas, A H ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^b   Kalef Ezra, J ^c   Challa, A ^c   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Gastrointestinal tract; Iron; Manganese; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

IRON; MANGANESE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT JUICE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0034129963     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300051035     Document Type: Article

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