MODEL RELEASED. Barium meal X-ray. Radiographer conducts a barium meal stomach X-ray on a woman patient in a fluoroscopy suite. The patient lies on a reclining bed after having swallowed a liquid barium meal. The X-ray apparatus is then placed over the patient's abdomen (as seen here). A barium meal is opaque to X-rays and it shows up the structure of the digestive tract. The screen at left reveals a barium X-ray of the curved sac of the stomach. Barium X-rays are used to diagnose the cause of swallowing difficulty,check for inflammation of the oesophagus or stomach,detect stomach ulcers and bleeding,and reveal disorders in other parts of the bowel | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Tompkinson, Geoff |
Taille de l’image : | 3602 px × 2944 px |
Model Release : | Disponible |
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