PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN THE SMALL-BOWEL - FINDINGS AT FAT-SUPPRESSED GADOLINIUM-ENHANCED MR-IMAGING WITH AN OPTIMIZED SUSPENSION OF ORALMAGNETIC PARTICLES

Depiction of small-bowel pathologic conditions was optimized with use of a negative luminal contrast agent, spectral fat suppression, and ga dolinium enhancement in an excised gut phantom. The method was applied in nine patients in conjunction With standard enteroclysis examinatio ns. Bulk susceptibility effects of oral magnetic particles were cancel ed with use of a diamagnetic methylcellulose suspension. In the ileum, fat suppression and contrast between bowel wall and lumen was judged good or excellent in eight and nine patients, respectively. In eight o f nine patients, additional mesenteric findings were depicted.