Urografin is not to be used for myelography, ventriculography or cisternography, since it is likely to provoke neurotoxic symptoms in these examinations.

Most involve brain scans to look for swelling while some use cisternography to observe obstruction in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow among ventricles.

However, cisternography is declining in use with physicians who are opting to use MRI instead, to assess CSF flow.

In order to try to investigate the flow dynamics of the cerebrospinal fluid, doctors utilize cisternography, which injects a radiolabeled substance into the CSF via lumbar puncture.