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Which side are we observing in the Cervical Right Posterior Oblique View?
Left IVF because it is perpendicular to the bucky
Which side are we observing in a Cervical Right Anterior Oblique View?
Right IVF - because it is perpendicular to the bucky
Which side are we observing in a Cervical Left Anterior Oblique view?
Left IVF because the left side is perpendicular to the bucky.
Which side are we observing with a Cervical Left posterior oblique view?
The Right IVF because it is perpendicular to the bucky
What is the tube tilt for Cervical Anterior obliques?
Caudal 15 degrees
What is the tube tilt for cervical posterior obliques?
Cephalad 15 degrees
What is the shape of the pedicle perpendicular to the film in a cervical oblique view?
Circle
What is the shape of a pedicle parralell to the film in a cervical oblique view?
Bar
Where is the nameplate on a cervical anterior oblique view?
Upper right/lower left
Where is the nameplate on a posterior cervical oblique view?
Upper left/lower right
Where is the marker on a cervical anterior oblique view?
Closer to the spinous processes
Where is the marker on a cervical posterior oblique view?
Closer to the vertebral bodies
Lateral cervical view, how is the CR positioned?
L to R or R to L - Doctor preference unless scoliosis - then into the concavity.
Lateral Cervical View - Patient position
Patient's coronal plane is perpendicular to the bucky.
Lateral Cervical view - tube tilt
None
Lateral cervical view demonstrates
Vertebral body hight & width, intervertebral disc height, cervical curvature and ADI
ADI measurment
Less than 3mm in an adult and less than 5mm in a child
Lateral cervical view also deomonstrates
Sella Turcica, prevertebral soft tissue, airways
Measurements of the sella turcica
S-I 4-12, avg 8
A-P 5-16, avg 11
Level of the Retropharangeal Interspace
C1-C3
Level of the Retrolaryengeal interspace
C4-C5
Level of the retroesophageal interspace
C6-C7
Anteroposterior cervical view is also called
Lower Cervical View
Anteroposterior View (Lower Cervical View) Tube Tilt
15 degress cephalad
Anteroposterior view (lower cervical) Patient Position
Coronal plane parallel to the bucky, midsagital plane aligned with midline of the bucky
Anteroposterior Cervical View (lower cervical) deomonstrates
Joints of lushka, body structures, soft tissue (trachea in the midline), air space (apex of the lung)
Anteroposterior Cervical (lower cervical) CR and tube tilt
CR: A to P
Tube tilt: 15 degrees cephelad
What is patient postion for A-P Open Mouth?
Coronal plane is paralell to the bucky, mouth is open and either head is extended 15 degrees and CR is paralell to the floor or hard pallate is paralell to the floor and CR is 15 degrees cephelad
A-P Open Mouth demonstrates
Atlas, axis and joint spaces
Flexion and Extension Views
Patient position
Coronal plane perpendicular to the bucky, with full flexion or extension of the head
Flexion and Extension views demonstrates
ADI - should not deviate more than 1mm from lateral view
Cervial curve
Mobility of Cervical spine
Cervical Obliques - CR position
Anterior to posterior for posterior views
Posterior to anterior for anterior views
Cervical Obliques - patient position
Coronal plane is angled 45 degrees to the bucky.
Cervical obliques - Tube Tilt
Cervical obliques demonstrate
Cephalad for Posterior
Caudal for Anterior
Demonstrates IVFs
Anteriorposterior Thoracics-Patient position
Anterior toward CR, posterior to the bucky - coronal plane paralell to the bucky (if obese, supine)
Anterioposterior Thoracic -Tube Tilt
None
Anterioposterior Thoracic - Demonstrates
ribs, lung field, thoracic spine and sternum
Lateral Thoracic - CR and Patient position
R to L or L to R
Coronal plane is perpendicular to the bucky
Lateral thoracic Tube Tilt and Demonstrates
None
Thoracic spine, lung field, heart shadow, ribs
Lateral Cervicothoracic AKA Swimmer's view - CR
Obliquely L to R or Obliquely R to L
Lateral cervicothoracic View- patient position
Patient rotated 10-20 degrees off perpendicular to the bucky with arm near bucky flexed and other arm extended
Swimmer's View (Lateral cervicothoracic) - Tube tilt
Caudal 15 degrees
Swimmer's View (lateral cervical thoracic) demonstrates
lower cervical spine and upper thoracic spine - only taken when these are not seen clearly on lateral views.
A-P Lumbar View - Tube Tilt, patient position
Coronal plane paralell to the bucky, midsagital plane aligned with the midline of the bucky
No tube tilt
A-P Lumbar Demonstrates
Lumbar, pelvis, soft abdominal tissues, sacrum and hips
Lateral Lumbosacral - CR and Patient position
R to L or L to R
Coronal plane perpendicular to the bucky
Lateral Lumbosacral - Tube Tilt and Demonstrates
None
Lumbar spine, sacrom, coccyx and soft tissue
Lumbar Obliques - Patient position and Tube Tilt
A-P for posterior obliques
P-A for Anterior obliques
None
Lumbar Obliques - Patient position and demonstrates
Coronal plane 45 degress to the bucky
Demonstrates the scotty dog to observe the integrity of the pars interarticularis
A-P Pelvis - Tube Tilt and Patient position
Coronal plane is paralell to the bucky with their midsagittal plane aligned with the midline
Tube tilt - None
A-P Pelvis -Demonstrates
Both inominates, sacrum, proximal femur head, coccyx and soft tissue
A-P Sacrum - Tube tilt and paiteint position
Cephelad 15 degrees (perpendicular to the sacrum)
Coronal plane paralell to the bucky
On a Lateral Flexion what are we evaluating?
1. Straight line along the vertebral bodies with no stairstepping.
2. posterior cervical line along the most convex portion of the spinolaminar junction
Where is George's line drawn?
On the most posterior aspect of the vertebral bodies.
Normal interspinous spacing
equal amount of distance between the spinous processes on flexion, shown in the lateral flexion view.
Occipito-Atlanto joint
Space between lateral mass and occipital condyle, shown on the APOM
Posterior costophrenic sulcus
The lowest point in the chest cavity. Fluids can accumulate here. Where the diagphram meets the ribcage.
Retrocardiac interspace
From the back of the heart to the front of the vertebral bodies on lateral thoracic
Paraspinal line
Density in the thoracic between the lung field and the vertebral bodies representing the density difference between the airspace in the lung and the soft tissue and fluid outside of the lung.
Anterior ribs
vs. posterior ribs
Anterior angle down, posterior are horizontal
1/3 of the heart is on the_____
2/3 of the heart is on the ____
right
left
Connects the superior articular process and the inferior articular process of a segment
pars interarticularis
Sacral promontory
The superior, anterior process of sacrum
In the A-P lumbopelvic view, the inferior articular process of the segment above is closer to
Bodies (more medial)
In A-P lumbopelvic view, the superior articular process of the segment below is more
lateral
Indentation on the femur head
fovia capitus
In an A-P thoracic view, are the name plate and heart shadow on the same side?
Yes
Name 5 things an AP Cervical demonstrates
Bony structures, joints of lushka, soft tissue (trachea air space), apex of the lungs (air space)
RAO - where is the nameplate?
Upper Right
In a cervical RPO is the marker closer to the spinous or the body
Body
In a cervical LPO which IVF are we looing at?
Right IVF
In a cervical RAO is the right pedical a bar or a circle?
The right is a bar
In a cervical RAO is the marker closer to the spinous or the body?
Spinous
In a cervical LAO is the left pedicle a bar or a circle
Bar
In a cervical RAO which IVF are we looking at?
Right
IN a cervical LPO the marker is closer to spinous or bodies?
body
LAO and RPO both look at which side?
Left IVF
LAO and RPO the left pedicle is a
Bar
RAO and LPO both look at the
Right IVF
RAO and LPO the Left pedicle is a
circle