This Chest PA and Lateral video is from our X-Ray positioning series. Please visit us at radtechbootcamp.com to see the rest of our positioning videos along with many others.
PA Projection:
Image receptor: 14x 17 crosswise
SID: 72 inches
X-Ray tube: No angulation
Central ray: T7 with top of IR 1 1/2′ to 2′ above relaxed shoulder
Breathing instructions: Full inspiration
Shielding: required
Lateral Projection:
Image receptor: 14x 17 lengthwise
SID: 72 inches
X-Ray tube: No angulation
Central ray: T7 at midcoronal plane
Breathing instructions: Full inspiration
Shielding: required
Imaging details:
kVp: 100 to 110
Grid for upright bucky
Non-grid for mobile
AEC= outer chamber for PA, inner chamber for lateral
Imaging critique:
T7 at center of imaging field
Bilateral costophrenic angles and lung apexes included
Proximal clavicles equal distance to midline of thoracic spine
Scapula bodies non-superimposed lateral lung fields
10 to 11 ribs visualized superior to diaphragm
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