Types of projection

Question 1

Craniocaudal projection

Answer 1

X-ray beams passes from cranial to caudal; formaerly called anteroposterior projection.

Question 2

caudocranial projection

Answer 2

X-ray beam passes from cranial to caudal; formerly called anteroposterior projection, or A/P projection

Question 3

dorsoventral projection

Answer 3

X-ray beam passes dorsally to ventrally; abbreviated D/V

Question 4

ventrodorsal projection

Answer 4

X-ray beam passes ventrally to dorsally; abbreviated V/D

Question 5

lateral projection

Answer 5

X-ray beam passes from side to side, with the patient at right angles to the film; when used for the skull, cervical spine, thorax, and abdomen, they are described as right or left lateral projections; when used for extremities, they are described as lateromedial or mediolateral projections.

Question 6

oblique projection

Answer 6

X-ray beam passes through the body on an angle. May be further described by the direction of the beam and the degree of the angle (i.e. 60 degrees DP oblique of the hoof) or simply the direction ( i.e. dorsomedial-palmoralateral oblique {DMPaLO of the carpus)