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- Title
Novel contrast media based on the liquid metal gallium for in vivo digestive tract radiography: a feasibility study.
- Authors
Liu, Huan; Yu, Yang; Wang, Wei; Liu, Ying; An, Yonghui; Wang, Qian; Liu, Jing
- Abstract
The barium sulfate has been playing an important role as the contrast medium in gastrointestinal radiography and disease diagnosis. However, its application has been gradually reduced due to the limitation of its imaging effect and the progress of other imaging techniques. Here, the liquid metal gallium was proposed as an improved contrast agent, which was applied in the in vivo digestive tract radiography of the mice for the first time. Under the CT scanning, the gallium produced excellent contrast effect intuitively. According to the records of discharge time, the tissue sections of organs, the survival state and body weight, the liquid metal was proven to be capable and safe for gastrointestinal radiography. Further, the mixture of the gallium and the barium sulfate has been tested, which showed better performance in both contrast and detail. Therefore, with the characteristics of better imaging contrast effect and acceptable safety, the gallium and its mixture with the barium sulfate might be useful as potential candidates for digestive tract contrast agent in animal experiments, even possibly as alternative contrast agents for clinical use.
- Subjects
LIQUID metals; ALIMENTARY canal; GALLIUM; CONTRAST media; BARIUM sulfate; GASTROINTESTINAL system; GALLIUM alloys
- Publication
BioMetals, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 5, p795
- ISSN
0966-0844
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10534-019-00212-5