"Barium Sulfate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound used as an x-ray contrast medium that occurs in nature as the mineral barite. It is also used in various manufacturing applications and mixed into heavy concrete to serve as a radiation shield.
| Descriptor ID |
D001466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.103.075 D01.875.800.800.850.075
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Barium Sulfate" by people in Profiles.
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Yee J, Kim DH, Rosen MP, Lalani T, Carucci LR, Cash BD, Feig BW, Fowler KJ, Katz DS, Smith MP, Yaghmai V. ACR Appropriateness Criteria colorectal cancer screening. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Jun; 11(6):543-51.
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Swanson EW, Swanson SJ, Swanson RS. Endoscopic pyloric balloon dilatation obviates the need for pyloroplasty at esophagectomy. Surg Endosc. 2012 Jul; 26(7):2023-8.
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Chueh JY, Wakhloo AK, Hendricks GH, Silva CF, Weaver JP, Gounis MJ. Mechanical characterization of thromboemboli in acute ischemic stroke and laboratory embolus analogs. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Aug; 32(7):1237-44.
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Rosen Y, Bloch BN, Lenkinski RE, Greenman RL, Marquis RP, Rofsky NM. 3T MR of the prostate: reducing susceptibility gradients by inflating the endorectal coil with a barium sulfate suspension. Magn Reson Med. 2007 May; 57(5):898-904.
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Ferrucci JT. Double-contrast barium enema: use in practice and implications for CT colonography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Jul; 187(1):170-3.
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Maglinte DD, Kelvin FM, Sandrasegaran K, Nakeeb A, Romano S, Lappas JC, Howard TJ. Radiology of small bowel obstruction: contemporary approach and controversies. Abdom Imaging. 2005 Mar-Apr; 30(2):160-78.
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Ferrucci JT. Research in gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology: barium and beyond. Radiology. 1998 Nov; 209(2):320-2.
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Gurwitz JH, Noonan JP, Sanchez M, Prather W. Barium enemas in the frail elderly. Am J Med. 1992 Jan; 92(1):41-4.
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Evans GR, Yellin AE, Weaver FA, Stain SC. Sinistral (left-sided) portal hypertension. Am Surg. 1990 Dec; 56(12):758-63.
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Ferrucci JT, Wittenberg J, Mueller PR, Simeone JF, Harbin WP, Kirkpatrick RH, Taft PD. Diagnosis of abdominal malignancy by radiologic fine-needle aspiration biopsy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1980 Feb; 134(2):323-30.