Procedures TSpine Positioning Flashcards
Other name for Thoracic spine
Dorsal
Thoracic spine routine
AP
Lateral
Swimmers
Other name for swimmers
Twining
AP Thoracic Spine
IR
SID
14x17 LW
40 in
AP TS
CR
⊥ to T7
How do you find AP TS CR
3-4 in below jugular notch
AP TS
PP
3
Supine
True AP
Knees flexed
AP TS
SS
7
- C7-L1
- Thoracic vertebral bodies
- intervertebral jt spaces open
- pedicles
- spinous and transverse processes
- posterior ribs
- costovertebral joints
BT and Collimation for AP TS
expiration
s2s
AP TS
IR
SID
14x17 LW
40in
Lat TS
CR
⊥ T7
Lat TS
PP
6
Recumbent True lateral Knees flexed Sponge inbetween knees Elbows flexed and raised Spine // to table
Lat TS
SS
4
T3-L1
Thoracic vertebral bodies lateral
Intervertebral joint spaces open
Intervertevral foramen open
Lat TS BT
Use breathing technique, long exposure time, min 2 seconds, and low mA
Swimmers/Twinning
IR
SID
8x10 LW
40 in
Swimmers CR
< 0-5° caudal to T1
Swimmers
PP
5
- True lat recumbent
- dependent arm (closest to IR) up
- independent arm down
- true lateral with no rotation of head/shoulders
- entire spine // to IR
Swimmers
SS
3
Bodies of C3-T3
Lower cervical and upper thoracic vertebral bodies
all intervertebral jt spaces projected between shoulders
BT Swimmers
expiration