Effects of oral contrast agent on the viscoelastic properties of the terminal ileum investigated using magnetic resonance elastography.
Sa-Ra RoFlorian N LochBritta SiegmundAnja A KühlGero-Mathias NeumannBernd HammJuergen BraunIngolf SackRolf ReiterPublished in: Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery (2024)
The results of this study suggest that bowel distension for intestinal MR elastography has no systematic effect on the biomechanical tissue properties of the terminal ileum determined by MR elastography. Therefore, future study protocols appear feasible with or without oral contrast agents.