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Barium swallow. Little or no preparations are required for the study of the larynx, pharynx, and esophagus when studied alone. A thick barium mixture is swallowed in supine position and fluoroscopic images of the swallowing process are made.
Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. All rights reserved. This person is drinking liquid barium before having a barium swallow study. The radiologist watches a video screen to follow the movement of the barium through the esophagus and to know when to take an X-ray picture. By Healthwise Staff. Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD-Internal Medicine.