Open AccessEffectiveness of natural oral contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging of the bowel
Author(s) -
Naglaa M. Elsayed,
Shaykha Ali Alsalem,
Sultan Abdullah Ali Almugbel,
Manal Mane Alsuhaimi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine /the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.03.007
Subject(s) - medicine , contrast (vision) , coronal plane , magnetic resonance imaging , image quality , radiology , distension , nuclear medicine , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , computer science
PurposeThe purpose was to find an oral contrast agent that can be utilized in MRI of the small bowel and fulfill the following criteria: natural, with no or minimal side effects, non-expensive, causes the maximum bowel distension and has the best imaging quality with no artifacts.MethodsFourteen healthy volunteers were included. Each volunteer underwent 3 MRI examinations on different days using 3 different oral contrast materials; water, milk and pineapple juice. Coronal T2WI MRI was done at KAUH Diagnostic Radiology department. Standardized questionnaire was used to study post-MRI abdominal complaint. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS program version 17.0.ResultsAll tested contrast agents could significantly distend the small bowel loops with the p value <0.05. Pineapple juice could distend up to 5 segments in 7 volunteers. Good image quality was depicted in 50% of volunteers using juice, while water showed the worst results where 75% had bad image quality. The highest percentage of image artifacts was found with milk (64.3%).ConclusionPineapple juice has the highest ability of bowel distention and good image quality with insignificant image artifacts and no reported side effects