title: Sucrose polyester: a new oral contrast agent for MRI.
abstract: Sucrose polyester (a dietary fat substitute) opacifies the entire gastrointestinal tract of the rat with oral administration in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These results suggest the potential use of this material as an oral contrast agent for human abdominal MRI studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ballinger
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Magin
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D004064:Digestive System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013395:Sucrose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005227:Fatty Acids; D013395:Sucrose; C013692:sucrose polyester