Standard Hand Views Flashcards
PA Hand: SID
40”
PA Hand: Tube Tilt
none
PA Hand: Image Receptor Size
Smallest Receptor Available: 8 x 10” and 10-12”
PA Hand: Patient Positioning
-Patient is seated with affected hand placed with palmar side down with fingers flat against image receptor and slightly spread apart.
-Wrist joints should be in neutral position
PA Hand: Central Ray Position
Through the center of the third metacarpophalangeal head
PA Hand: Collimation
To 1/2 of the image receptor or size of the hand, including all the fingertips and all wrist joints
PA Hand: Breathing Instructions
Suspended Motion (“Don’t Move”)
Palmar Medial Oblique Hand: SID
40”
Palmar Medial Oblique Hand: Tube Tilt
None
Palmar Medial Oblique Hand: Image Receptor Size
The smallest image receptor available (8 x 10” or 10 x 12”), in portrait orientation
Palmar Oblique Hand: Patient Positioning
-Patient makes the “Okay” sign with their fingers and hand/wrist are placed on the image receptor with palmar side down w/medial aspect of the hand, wrist and fingertips touching the image receptor.
-1st and second digits are spread apart slightly
-Hand should be at a 45 degree ankle to the image receptor
Palmar Oblique Hand: Central Ray Position
Through the center of the 3rd metacarpal head
Palmar Oblique Hand: Collimation
To 1/2 of the image receptor or size of the hand including all finger tips and all wrist joints
Palmar Medial Oblique Hand: Breathing Instructions
Suspended motion (“Don’t Move”)
Lateral Hand: SID
40”
Lateral Hand: Tube Tilt
None
Lateral Hand: Image Receptor Size
8 x 10” or 10 x12” in portrait orientation
Lateral Hand: Patient Positoning
The patient is seated with affected hand placed medial side down with the wrist joints in neutral position. Wrist and hand are angled at 90 degrees to the image receptor.
-First digit is flexed to 90 degrees and the remaining fingers are spread apart, with the second digit being the furthest anterior and the fifth digit being the furthest posterior.
Lateral Hand: Central Ray Position
Through the center of the 3rd metacarpal head
Lateral Hand: Collimation
To the size of the hand, including all fingertips and all wrist joints
Lateral Hand: Breathing Instructions
Suspended motion (“Don’t move”)
