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. 2019 Jul 11;16(9):559–579. doi: 10.1038/s41575-019-0167-1

Fig. 7. Scintigraphic assessment of gastrointestinal transit.

Fig. 7

a | Gastric emptying and small intestinal transit are assessed with 99mTc-labelled polystyrene pellets, whereas colonic transit is measured with 111In-labelled charcoal in delayed-release capsules. b | Proportion of 111In counts in each of four colonic regions of interest and stool is multiplied by the appropriate weighting factor, ranging from 1 to 5.