Standard Hip Views

Question 1

AP Hip: SID

Answer 1

40”

Question 2

AP Hip: Tube Tilt

Answer 2

None

Question 3

AP Hip: Image Receptor Size

Answer 3

10 x 12” in portrait orientation

Question 4

AP Hip: Patient Positioning

Answer 4

-Patient stands upright or recumbent with the posterior aspect of the affected iliofemoral region touching the grid and centered on the image receptor
-Patient internally rotates 15 degrees

Question 5

AP Hip: Central Ray Position

Answer 5

Through the hip joint, approximately 1” below the midpoint between the ASIS and symphysis pubis

Question 6

AP Hip: Collimation

Answer 6

10 x 12”

Question 7

AP Hip: Breathing Instructions

Answer 7

Suspended respiration/motion (“Don’t breathe and don’t move”)

Question 8

Frogleg Hip: SID

Answer 8

40”

Question 9

Frogleg Hip: Tube Tilt

Answer 9

None

Question 10

Frogleg Hip: Image Receptor Size

Answer 10

10 x 12” in portrait orientation

Question 11

Frogleg Hip: Patient Positioning

Answer 11

Patient stands upright with the posterior aspect of the iliofemoral region touching the grid.
-Knee/hip are both flexed to approximately 90 degrees and fully abducted with the lateral aspect touching grid

Question 12

Frogleg Hip: Central Ray Position

Answer 12

Through the hip joint, approximately 1” below the midpoint between the ASIS and symphysis pubis on the affected side

Question 13

Frogleg Hip: Collimation

Answer 13

To the size of the receptor (10 x 12”)

Question 14

Frogleg Hip: Breathing Instructions

Answer 14

Suspended respiration/motion (“Don’t breathe and don’t move”)