title: MR enteroclysis.
abstract: MR enteroclysis provides adequate image quality and sufficient distention of the entire small bowel. The functional information provided by MR enteroclysis equals that provided by conventional enteroclysis, which implies the ability reliably to depict even low-grade SBO. The inherent advantages of enteroclysis over conventional enteroclysis are the potential to detect extraluminal pathologic conditions and the ability to provide detailed information about the wall of the small bowel and the entire abdomen. Unlike conventional enteroclysis, MR enteroclysis does not have problems with overlapping bowel loops. MR enteroclysis has the potential to be an excellent diagnostic method for examinations of small bowel disease because of the functional information, the soft tissue contrast, and multiplanar imaging capabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, General Hospital Wolfsberg, Paul Hackhoferstrasse 9, 9400 Wolfsberg, Austria. werner.umschaden@lkh-wo.at
authors.forename: Heinz Werner
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Umschaden
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gasser
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media