Accessory Lumbosacral Views Flashcards
Frontal Angulated Spot View: Patient Measurement
Anterior to Posterior, through the thickest portion of the abdomen
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Source to Image Distance
34”
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Tube Tilt
30 degrees cephalic (If P-A then caudal)
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Image Receptor Size
10 x 12” in portrait
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Central Ray
Midline, with the horizontal crosshair halfway between the umbilicus or ASIS and the symphysis pubis
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Collimation
10” horizontally and 12” vertically
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Marker Placement
Directly on the image receptor, in one corner
Frontal Angulated Lumbosacral Spot: Breathing Instructions
Suspended exhalation and motion
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Patient Measurement
3” below the iliac crests laterally
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Source to Image Distance
40”
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Tube Tilt
None
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Image Receptor Size
8 x 10” film or 10 x 12” digital in portrait
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Patient Positioning
Patient stnads with lateral iliac crest touching the grid. Patients arms are flexed out of the collimation field and crossed
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Central Ray Position
2” posterior to the ASISs
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Collimation
8” horizontally and 10” vertically
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Marker Placement
Directly on the image receptor, in one of the upper corners
Lateral Lumbosacral Spot: Breathing Instructions
Suspended Exhalation and motion (“Breathe all the way out, and hold completely still.”)
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Patient Measurement
Anterior to Posterior, through the thickest portion of the abdomen
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Source to Image Distance
40”
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Source to Image Distance
40”
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Tube Tilt
None
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Tube Tilt
None
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Image Receptor
10 x 12” in portrait orientation
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Central Ray Position
1 inch above the iliac crest and one inch lateral to the spine on the side of the patient closest to the tube
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Collimation
10” horizontally and 12” vertically
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Oblique: Marker Placement
Place the marker directly on one of the lower corners of the image receptor (RAO, LAO, RPO, LPO)
-If lets of right then usually above iliac crest
AP Sacrum: Patient Measurement
A-P through the thickest portion of the abdomen
AP Sacrum: Source to Image Distance
37”
AP Sacrum: Tube Tilt
15 degrees cephalic
AP Sacrum: Image Receptor Size
10 x 12” in portrait orientation
AP Sacrum: Image Receptor Size
10 x 12” in portrait orientation
AP Sacrum: Central Ray Position
Midline with horizontal crosshair at the umbilicus or ASIS and the pubic sympysis
AP Sacrum: Collimation
10” horizontally and 12” vertically
AP Sacrum: Marker Placement
Directly on the image receptor in one corner
AP Sacrum: Breathing Instructions
Suspended exhalation and motion (“Breathe all the way out, and hold completely still”)
