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<div class="WPC-editableContent">here<font size="5"><b>Introduction</b></font><br/><blockquote>The appropriate use of breathing techniques is one of the hallmarks of a good radiographer. This page considers all aspects of radiographic techniques that utilise deliberate respiration blurring/movement unsharpness..<br/><br/><br/></blockquote><font size="5"><b>The Techniques</b></font><br/><blockquote><table align="bottom" cellpadding="3" class="WPC-edit-style-grid1 WPC-edit-border-all WPC-edit-styleData-color1=%23ebebeb&amp;color2=%23c7c7c7" width="100%"><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>AP Thoracic Spine</b></td><td class="" width="13%"><blockquote> </blockquote><div align="left">[[File:JstY0ctUvN9IKGm4wqbU1g137065.jpeg|134px|AP Thoracic Spine Breathing Technique - wikiRadiography|link=AP Thoracic Spine Breathing Technique]]</div><blockquote> </blockquote></td><td class="" width="53%">Breathing technique is commonly utilised by radiographers when performing a lateral thoracic spine projection. The technique is equally applicable when performing AP thoracic spine radiography. An exposure time of 1 second or greater is required to achieve sufficient blurring of the thoracic soft tissues. <br/><br/>Further information [[AP Thoracic Spine Breathing Technique|here]]</td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>Lateral Thoracic Spine<br/></b></td><td align="center" class="" width="13%">[[File:D6ALOjbSbYa Y4UUe H2w166322.jpeg|142px|Lateral Thoracic  Spine Digital Double-Dipping - wikiRadiography|link=Lateral Chest X-ray Digital Double-Dipping]]</td><td class="" width="53%">The lateral thoracic spine is the most common radiographic projection to utilise breathing technique. <br/><br/>Further information [[Lateral Chest X-ray Digital Double-Dipping|here]]</td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>AP Lumbar Spine<br/></b></td><td class="" width="13%">[[File:WiM9z77IxfaiqXGWyGS3og196520.jpeg|152px|AP lumbar spine radiography|link=Lumbar Spine Breathing Technique]]</td><td class="" width="53%">Breathing technique is particularly useful when performing AP lumbar spine radiography in patients with florid bowel gas. <br/><br/><br/>Further information [[Lumbar Spine Breathing Technique|here]]</td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>Lateral Lumbar Spine<br/></b></td><td class="" width="13%">[[File:5O2aqJ1m65G8uoNScgfWGw115497.jpeg|152px|Lateral Lumbar Spine Breathing Technique - wikiRadiography|link=Lateral Lumbar Spine Breathing Technique]]</td><td class="" width="53%">The lateral lumbar spine projection can take advantage of breathing technique in much the same manner as the lateral thoracic spine projection. Further information [[Lateral Lumbar Spine Breathing Technique|here]].</td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>AP Scapula<br/></b></td><td class="" width="13%">[[File:Z5mDh zkdV-yVM6AozaPDQ653939.jpeg|149px|AP shoulder]]</td><td class="" width="53%">Breathing technique when applied to the AP shoulder projection is rarely employed. It can, however, provide improved demonstration of the medial aspect of the scapula and should be considered as a supplementary technique.  Further information [[Breathing Technique for Demonstration of the Scapula|here]]</td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>Transthoracic lateral shoulder</b></td><td class="" width="13%">[[File:Ze7sxFS1FyedMiO71 Ctdg298683.jpeg|151px|transthoracic lateral|link=Transthoracic Lateral Shoulder]]</td><td class="" width="53%">The transthoracic lateral shoulder is a particularly useful projection for patients with painful shoulder trauma. The technique produces a lateral projection of the shoulder requiring little or no patient movement.<br/><br/>Further information [[Transthoracic Lateral Shoulder|here]]</td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>Iliac Wing<br/></b></td><td class="" width="13%"><br/></td><td class="" width="53%"><br/></td></tr><tr><td class="" width="33%"><b>Oblique Sternum</b></td><td class="" width="13%"><br/></td><td class="" width="53%"><br/></td></tr></table></blockquote><br/><br/><br/><br/>... back to the [[Radiography|Wikiradiography]] home page<br/>... back to the [[Applied Radiography - by M.J.Fuller|Applied Radiography]] home page<br/></div>