Gastrointestinal tract labeling for MDCT of abdomen: Comparison of low density barium and low density barium in combination with water

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 868-873

  Gulati, Kavita ^a   Shah, Zarine K ^a   Sainani, Nisha ^a   Uppot, Raul ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; MDCT abdomen; Neutral oral constrast media

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; IOPAMIDOL; WATER; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 52049111197     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0841-5     Document Type: Article

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