Chest - Lordotic
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Radiographic Positioning
Adult | Other related pages of interest |
Name of projection | Chest - Lordotic |
Area Covered | Entire lung fields, posterior ribs, clavicles |
Pathology shown | Rule out calcifications and masses behind the clavicles |
Radiographic Anatomy | Chest Radiographic Anatomy |
IR Size & Orientation | 35 x 43 cm Portrait |
Film / Screen Combination | Regular (CR and DR as recommended by manufacturer) |
Bucky / Grid | Moving or Stationary Grid |
Filter | No |
Exposure | 100 kVp 4 mAs |
FFD / SID | 180 cm |
Central Ray | CR perpendicular to IR CR centred to mid sternum (approximately 9cm below sternal notch) |
Collimation | Centre: To the midsagittal plane, to T7 Shutter A: Open to 5 cm above the shoulders Shutter B:Open to the level of the acromioclavicular joints (AC joints) laterally. This will include the lung fields laterally. |
Markers | Superior and Lateral Marker orientation AP |
Shielding | Gonadal (check your department's policy guidelines) |
Respiration | On suspended deep inspiration |
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Critique | Positioning |
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