A POTENTIALLY ARTIFACT-FREE ORAL CONTRAST AGENT FOR GASTROINTESTINAL MRI

Authors
LIEBIG T STOUPIS C ROS PR BALLINGER JR BRIGGS RW
Citation
T. Liebig et al., A POTENTIALLY ARTIFACT-FREE ORAL CONTRAST AGENT FOR GASTROINTESTINAL MRI, Magnetic resonance in medicine, 30(5), 1993, pp. 646-649
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Magnetic resonance in medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403194
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
646 - 649
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3194(1993)30:5<646:APAOCA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The combination of diamagnetic barium sulfate and superparamagnetic ir on oxide (SPIO) in one suspension produces a macroscopic cancellation of positive and negative magnetic susceptibility components that can p otentially eliminate susceptibility artifacts even with gradient echo pulse sequences. The relaxation properties that make the SPIO suspensi on a useful negative contrast agent are retained.