Echoplanar imaging in GI clinical practice: assessment of gastric emptying and antral motility in four patients.
Gastric emptying, frequency of antral contractions, and speed of antral contraction propagation were assessed in four patients using echoplanar imaging techniques. The results obtained and their impact on the diagnosis and management of the patients are presented and discussed. This shows that echoplanar evaluation of gastric function is noninvasive, well-tolerated by patients, detects clinically relevant abnormalities, and has the potential of becoming a valuable examination in the clinical gastrointestinal practice.
Marciani
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Magnetic Resonance Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Young
P
P
Wright
J
J
Moore
R J
RJ
Evans
D F
DF
Spiller
R C
RC
Gowland
P A
PA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology