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Polyethylene Glycol Solution as an Oral Contrast Agent for MR Imaging of the Small Bowel

¹ All authors: Department of Radiology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy.

View larger version (94K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1A. —30-year-old healthy female volunteer. Coronal MR image obtained using half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo sequence shows optimal distention of jejunal loops with visualization of valvulae conniventes and thin bowel wall.

View larger version (185K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1B. —30-year-old healthy female volunteer. MR image obtained few minutes later than A shows distention of both the jejunum and proximal ileum. Note visibility of different anatomic features of jejunal and ileal folds.

View larger version (107K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2A. —30-year-old healthy female volunteer. Delayed MR image shows good evaluation of ileocecal region.

View larger version (109K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2B. —30-year-old healthy female volunteer. MR image obtained using contiguous slice better depicts apex of cecum and terminal ileum (arrow) than A.

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