Evaluation of simethicone-coated cellulose as a negative oral contrast agent for abdominal CT

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 491-496

  Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Jhaveri, Kartik S ^a   D'Souza, Roy V ^a   Varghese, Jose C ^a   Halpern, Elkan ^a   Harisinghani, Mukesh G ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Saini, Sanjay ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, CT; Computed tomography (CT), contrast enhancement; Computed tomography (CT), contrast media; Intestines, CT; Simethicone

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; SIMETHICONE; SONORX; WATER;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG COATING; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JEJUNUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 0038078446     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80057-0     Document Type: Article

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