title: Guide to imaging of the small bowel.
abstract: The small intestine is a difficult organ to image. Its considerable length, the changing location of its many overlapping coils, and the often adverse effect of luminal fluids on the coating ability of barium necessitate the use of special techniques employing special barium formulations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herlinger
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004733:Enema; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008747:Methylcellulose; D011029:Pneumoradiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D008747:Methylcellulose