Patent ID: 7582283

Claim:
A method of imaging a portion of a body of a patient, the method comprising: (A) administering (i) about 100 cc to about 1500 cc of an iso-osmotic agent and (ii) a positive contrast agent to the patient, wherein the iso-osmotic agent administered to the patient comprises a mixture of polyethylene glycol and electrolytes, and wherein the positive contrast agent is selected from the group consisting of an iodine-based contrast agent and a barium-based contrast agent; (B) distending at least the small bowel of the patient with the iso-osmotic agent and the positive contrast agent; and (C) obtaining a plurality of successive images by computed tomography of at least one of the small bowel and the cecum of the patient body after the iso-osmotic agent and the positive contrast agent are administered and while the small bowel is distended throughout substantially its entirety by the iso-osmotic agent and the positive contrast agent, wherein the positive contrast agent improves the obtained images.