Purpose: The demand for barium tests has steadily decreased since the development of
contemporary imaging technology, for a variety of reasons, in the current era of cancer. It is …

Background: Despite technological advancement in gastro-intestinal radiology, barium
studies remains the imaging modality of choice and indispensable technique for evaluating …

What if barium studies were to disappear from the armamentarium of modern radiology?
What would be the ramifications? Many diagnoses would still be made by means of …

With the advent of the modern imaging technologies, the present era of oncology is seeing
steady decline in requests for barium studies due to the many reasons. It is prudent to …

Barium is a non-invasive, low-cost imaging technology. Gastrointestinal (GIT) symptoms are
common and have significant economic and social implications. Objective: To determine the …

Gastrointestinal radiography (GIR) has been a major and first-choice method for diagnosing
gastrointestinal diseases with barium as contrast media since its emergence in 1910, even …

Barium esophagography, although an old test, remains important to the understanding of
esophageal physiology and diagnosis of esophageal disorders. It provides additive and/or …

Recent years have seen a decline in number of barium procedures due to wider availability
of cross sectional imaging modalities. Though use of barium esophagography/barium …

There has been a significant reduction of barium sulfate examinations of the gastrointestinal
tube, starting about 15 years ago and progressing to this day [1, 2]. The reduction has …

The role of barium radiology is constantly changing. The number of barium meal
examinations is diminishing as upper gastrointestinal endoscopy takes over. The demand …