Fluids of gastrointestinal system produce a high signal in 2D T2 Half-Fourier Acquisition Single-shot Turbo Spin Echo (HASTE) thick-slab MRCP which can overlap the biliary system image. This is the first experimental study use jasmine tea as oral contrast agent and aimed to evaluate it in improving the image quality of MRCP. This study was tested by phantom and healthy volunteers. Different types of tea phantom were tested which then calculated its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value and analyzed the manganese content. 15 healthy volunteers performed 2D T2 HASTE thick-slab MRCP scanning before and after administration of jasmine tea with a variation of 3 minutes, 6 minutes and 9 minutes scanning time. Qualitative analysis was carried out by MRCP questionnaire which was examined by radiologist and quantitative analysis was conducted by measuring the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) values. After jasmine tea administration, the image information was significantly different and CNR MRCP was increased compared to before giving negative oral contrast agent. The most optimal time to start scanning was 3 minutes after administration of jasmine tea with a volume of 300 ml (0.648 mg/dl manganese). Jasmine tea can be used as an alternative safe natural negative oral contrast agent and can improve MRCP image quality and reduce the intensity of gastrointestinal signals.
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