Timed barium swallow: a simple technique for evaluating esophageal emptying in patients with achalasia.
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How to Perform and Interpret Timed Barium Esophagogram
Timed barium esophagogram (TBE) is a simple and objective method for assessing the esophageal emptying. The technique of TBE is similar to usual barium swallow with some modifications, which include taking multiple sequential films at pre-decided time interval after a single swallow of a fixed volume of a specific density barium solution. While many authors have used height and width of the bar...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.2.9242756