Table 4.
Diagnostic modalities for superior mesenteric artery syndrome
|
Modalities
| |
| Plain film X-ray | |
| Barium X-ray | |
| Angiogram | |
| CT | |
| Plain | |
| Enhanced (3D-CT) | |
| Abdominal ultrasound | |
| B-mode | |
| Doppler-mode | |
| MRI | |
| MR angiography | |
| MR enterography | |
| Endoscopy | |
| White light imaging | |
| Ultrasonography (EUS) | |
| Gastric-emptying scintigraphy | |
| Multi-channel manometry | |
CT: Computed tomography; 3D: Three-dimensional; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; EUS: Endoscopic ultrasonography.