THE ORDER OF PROCEDURE
ESOPHAGUS, RIGHT ANTERIOR OBLIQUE
1.
Stuctures best shown. Esophagus between the vertebral column and heart.
2.
Remove artifacts. All clothing removed, including undergarments. Remove
jewelry in areas of interst.
3.
Technical Factors: 14 x 17 in. (35 x 43cm), (LW), Bucky. LM: Corresponding
side.
4.
Patient/Part position:
a. Recumbent or erect.
b. Recumbent preferred because of more filling of esophagus (due to gravity factor
with erect).
c. Rotate 35-40 degrees from a PA with the right anterior body against film holder
or table.
d. Right arm down; left arm flexed at elbow and by the patient's head.
e. Flex left knee, if recumbent.
f. Align mid oblique thorax to center of table with top of cassette 2 inches above
level of acromion process.
5. Collumination: Use collumination (CF) 10 x 17 LW.
6. CR: Perpendicular to the film holder.
7. SID: 40 " to the bucky.
8. Shielding: Place lead shiel over the patient's pelvic region to shield gonads.
9. Respiration: Suspended respiration while drinking barium.
Figure 2-2. Esophagus, right anterior oblique.
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