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A Comparison of Methods of Assessment of Scintigraphic Colon Transit

Patricia Noel Freedman, Paul A. Goldberg, Abdul Basier Fataar and Michael M. Mann
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology June 2006, 34 (2) 76-81;
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    Segmental ROIs of colon: anterior and posterior ROIs include ascending colon (AC), hepatic flexure (HF), transverse colon (TC), splenic flexure (SF), descending colon (DC), rectosigmoid (RS), and total activity in abdomen. When it is difficult to separate flexures from surrounding segments of colon, they are included in ROIs drawn around flexures.

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    Anterior analog images. Right-sided delay is shown over a period of 96.5 h. Activity reaches splenic flexure within 20 h. At 68 h, bulk of activity lies within transverse colon and, although the activity moves slowly into descending colon and rectosigmoid by 96.5 h, the bulk of activity is still within transverse colon.

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    Parametric images of right-sided colonic delay. A gray scale is used to visually express the percentage activity in each segment of colon over time (y-axis), which is plotted against time (x-axis). Slow movement of activity through ascending colon, hepatic flexure, and transverse colon can be clearly followed over 96.5-h period.

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    GCs of normal transit (▪) and right-sided delay (▴) in colonic transit over 96.5-h period. Segments of colon are indicated on y-axis: ascending colon (1), hepatic flexure (2), transverse colon (3), splenic flexure (4), descending colon (5), rectosigmoid (R/sigmoid) (6), excretion (7). Time (h) is plotted on x-axis.

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    Time–activity curves. Intermediate or normal transit is clearly evident. As right side of colon (•) empties, left side (▴) fills and then empties by 44 h. Right-sided colonic delay is demonstrated. Pancake moves slowly through right colon (♦), whereas left colon (▪) only contains 39% of meal at 96.5 h.

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    Patterns of Colonic Transit

    Rapid transitActivity is distributed throughout colon within 12 h and most activity is excreted within 24 h.
    Intermediate transitMost activity has accumulated in cecum within 12 h. Activity is excreted within 27–48 h.
    Generalized delayNo activity is excreted within 3 d, and activity is distributed throughout colon with no particular region of storage.
    Right-sided delayNo activity is excreted within 3 d, and most activity remains in ascending and transverse colon for this time.
    Left-sided delayActivity reaches descending colon and rectum by 27–34 h, but activity remains in rectosigmoid colon for 3 d with no fecal excretion.
    • Patterns of colonic transit are from (9).

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    TABLE 2

    Analysis of Physicians' Visual Assessments

    SubjectPhysician 1Physician 2Physician 3Consensus
    1Gen delayGen delayL-sided delayGen delay
    2R-sided delayGen delayR-sided delayR-sided delay
    3R-sided delayGen delayR-sided delayR-sided delay
    4R-sided delayR-sided delayR-sided delayR-sided delay
    5R-sided delayL-sided delayR-sided delayR-sided delay
    6R-sided delayR-sided delayR-sided delayR-sided delay
    7R-sided delayGen delayR-sided delayR-sided delay
    8IntermediateGen delayIntermediateIntermediate
    9Gen delayGen delayL-sided delayGen delay
    10L-sided delayGen delayL-sided delayL-sided delay
    11IntermediateIntermediateIntermediateIntermediate
    12IntermediateIntermediateIntermediateIntermediate
    13L-sided delayGen delayL-sided delayL-sided delay
    14Gen delayL-sided delayL-sided delayL-sided delay
    15Gen delayGen delayL-sided delayGen delay
    16Gen delayL-sided delayL-sided delayL-sided delay
    • Gen delay = generalized delay.

    • Three physicians' diagnoses, for each subject, are in columns 2–4, with the consensus reached in column 5.

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    GC Ranges

    Time (h)Intermediate transit rangeGeneralized delay rangeRight-sided delay rangeLeft-sided delay range
    30.0−0.60.0−0.00.0−0.00.0−0.0
    200.6−1.71.5−2.41.2−2.8
    244.3−4.90.8−2.21.6−2.51.8−2.5
    274.3−4.90.9−2.31.6−2.72.4−4.1
    441.9−3.11.9−3.23.2−5.4
    486.7−6.82.2−2.52.1−3.03.2−5.4
    516.7−6.82.3−2.41.9−3.23.2−5.6
    696.8−6.93.1−3.62.6−3.73.4−5.7
    723.3−5.6
    756.8−6.93.4−3.82.5−3.93.3−5.7
    • GC ranges, for different patterns of colonic transit, are shown for each time point. Ranges represent segment of colon that activity has reached at that time point.

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    Median (qdev) Arrival and Clearance Times in Right and Left Colon

    Side of colonMedian (qdev) (h)
    Right
     Arrival20.5 (1.25)
     Clearance74.5 (24)
    Left
     Arrival27.5 (22.5)
     Clearance74.5 (0.625)
    • Median of arrival times in right and left colons differs by 7 h. Clearance time for both sides is the same (74.5 h), which indicates slow transit through right side in several subjects.

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    TABLE 5

    Categorization of Each Subject According to Each Method

    SubjectPhysicians' assessmentGCParametric imagesR side vs. L side
    1Gen delayGen delayGen delayGen delay
    2R delayR delayR delayR delay
    3R delayGen delayGen delayGen delay
    4R delayR delayR delayR delay
    5R delayR delayR delayR delay
    6R delayR delayR delayGen delay
    7R delayL delayL delayL delay
    8IntermediateL delayL delayL delay
    9Gen delayGen delayGen delayGen delay
    10L delayR delayL delayL delay
    11IntermediateIntermediateIntermediateIntermediate
    12IntermediateIntermediateIntermediateIntermediate
    13L delayL delayL delayL delay
    14L delayL delayL delayL delay
    15Gen delayR delayL delayL delay
    16L delayL delayL delayL delay
    • Gen delay = generalized delay.

    • Columns 2−5 show categorization of each patient by 4 different methods. There is agreement between 4 methods in 10 subjects.

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    Agreement Matrix

    PhysicianGCParametric imagesR and L colon
    Physician111212
    GC111413
    Parametric images121415
    R and L colon121315
    • Matrix compares number of agreements between 4 methods of assessment in 16 subjects.

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