Non-medicinal oral contrast in upper abdominal MRI for MR-guided radiotherapy: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Using non-medicinal oral contrast agents may aid safe delivery of magnetic resonance image-guided (MR-guided) radiotherapy by improving the ability to visualise and avoid excessive radiation dose to adjacent bowel/stomach. This scoping review aims to map the literature on non-medicinal oral contrasts used in upper-abdominal diagnostic or therapeutic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to find potential candidates for employing in MR-guided radiotherapy and identify gaps in knowledge for further study.

Methods

A scoping review of non-medicinal oral contrast used in upper-abdominal MRI research followed a pre-defined protocol based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework. Data were charted and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review

SUBMITTER: Beasley MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904122 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature