Thorax xray

Question 1

Pa chest position

Answer 1

Face wall detector
Extend chin and feet apart
Rotate shoulders forward
Hands on hips or below
Arrested inspiration

Question 2

Pa chest centring point

Answer 2

Level of t7

Question 3

Pa chest essential image characteristics

Answer 3

No rotation
Apices and angles visible
Scapula clear of lung fields
10 posterior ribs
Collimation: entire lungs and skin margins

Question 4

Lateral chest position

Answer 4

Turn to side affected closest to detector
Arms above head

Question 5

Lateral chest centring point

Answer 5

Level of t7

Question 6

Lateral chest essential image characteristics

Answer 6

Entire lung and tissue below slightly
Skin margins

Question 7

Chest ap mobile or erect position

Answer 7

Sit with back to detector
Hands on hips rotate arm internally
Angle 5 caudally

Question 8

Chest ap mobile or erect centring point

Answer 8

Midway between sternal notch and xiphisternum

Question 9

Chest ap mobile or erect essential image characteristics

Answer 9

Collimation: skin margins entire lungs
See angles
No rotation

Question 10

Sternum lateral position

Answer 10

Rotate arm shoulder posteriorly

Question 11

Sternum lateral centring point

Answer 11

Middle of sternum

Question 12

Sternum lateral collimation

Answer 12

Entire sternum some slight lung