But patients undergoing barium fluoroscopy can be exposed to the same amount of millisieverts in two minutes. Over a 20-year career, an interventional cardiologist can be exposed to up to 1,000 ...

A barium swallow is a type of X-ray test that helps your doctor see the back of your mouth and throat (pharynx), and the tube that extends from the back of the tongue down to the stomach (esophagus).

Fluoroscopy shows that on swallowing, the barium column moves down the esophagus. Such barium movement occurs largely due to passive forces in the esophagus and is very marked in the upright position.

What is Upper Gastrointestinal Series? An upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) is the series which looks at the upper and middle sections of the gastrointestinal tract. Barium contrast material, ...

This sixty-nine-year-old man had suffered from intermittent dysphagia for four years. After a bread-barium swallow (not shown here), he complained of dysphagia, and the bread could not be seen ...

Upper gastrointestinal series is the X-ray examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract that includes oesophagus, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine called the duodenum. The ...