title: Technical refinements in enteroclysis.
abstract: As the primary method of investigating the small bowel, enteroclysis remains a technique in evolution. Technical refinements have made the examination faster to perform, better tolerated by patients, and easier to interpret. More recently, its essential principle of volume challenge has been combined with the tremendous advantage of CT cross-sectional imaging with multiplanar reformatting to give rise to the exciting new techniques of CT enteroclysis and MR enteroclysis (see separate reviews in this issue). Through improvements in methodology and advancements in technology, the future of enteroclysis looks bright indeed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, University Hospital and Outpatient Center, 550 North University Boulevard, Room 0279, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5253, USA. dmaglint@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Dean D T
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Maglinte
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lappas
authors.forename: Darel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Heitkamp
authors.forename: Gregory N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: Frederick M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kelvin
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media