title: A comparison of dilute barium and dilute water-soluble contrast in opacification of the bowel for abdominal computed tomography.
abstract: Dilute barium was compared with dilute water-soluble contrast medium as an oral preparation for abdominal computed tomography (CT). Patients generally preferred the barium to the water-soluble contrast medium. Both preparations opacified the bowel satisfactorily. Barium caused no streaking artefacts. Dilute barium is the preparation of choice for abdominal CT.
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003973:Diatrizoate; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003973:Diatrizoate; D001466:Barium Sulfate