Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. All rights reserved.
Barium flows through a tube placed in the person’s rectum. The radiologist uses fluoroscopy to monitor the passage of the barium through the colon and to help position the person for X-ray images.
Medical Review:Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology
Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology
Last Updated: 05/02/2007
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