Upper extremity Flashcards
PA Hand
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Include wrist in Collimation
PA Hand Oblique
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Include wrist in Collimation
Lateral Hand
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Include wrist in Collimation
Wrist PA
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Scrunch hand
Collimate Knuckle
Wrist PA Oblique
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Collimate to knuckle
Wrist Lateral
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Collimate to knuckle
PA Axial Scaphoid Ulnar Deviation Stretcher Method
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Collimate to knuckle close to Area Marker inside
Angle 10-15
SID then Angle
Carpal Canal Gaynor Hart Method
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Collimate to carpal region
Angle 25-30 degrees
Angle then SID
Forearm AP
14x17 Portrait
Hold Still
Mid Palm
Forearm Lateral
14x17 Portrait
Hold Still
Turn Cassette 90 Thumb to side
Inch above elbow light
Epis Super imposed
Elbow Ap
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Palm Up
Collimate Mid forearm
Hand Flat
Elbow Oblique
Internal
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Turn Hand over
Elbow Oblique
External
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Palm Up
Lateral Elbow
10x12 portrait
Hold still
Make sure hand is like Karate
Thumb to side
Drop Shoulder 90 degrees
Humerus AP
14 x 17 Portrait
40 SID
Center Mid Humerus
Line down middle
Light on Top of Shoulder and past elbow.
Epis Parallel
Blow Your Breathe Out and Hold
Collimate Side to Side
Humerus Lateral
14 x 17 Portrait
40 SID
Center Mid Humerus
Line down middle
Light on Top of Shoulder and under elbow.
Turn back of hand on Hip
Blow Your Breathe Out and Hold
Collimate Side to Side
Shoulder AP External
12 x10 Landscape
40 SID
Find Coracoid
Go and inch down
Epis Parallel
No Collimation
Shoulder AP Internal
12 x10 Landscape
40 SID
Find Coracoid
Go and inch down
Turn Back of Palm on Hip
Epis Perpendicular
No Collimation
AP Oblique Glenoid Cavity Grashey Method
12 x 10 Landscape
40 SID
Head Away
Center at Coracoid More towards Humeral head
Rotate 45 degrees
Abduct arm slightly
Collimate Laterally and Up and Down Make sure to keep armpit.
PA oblique Scapula Y
10 x 12 Portrait
40 SID
2 Inches Below Black Line
Line up CR
Line up Both fingers
Rotate 45 Degrees
Hold On To Wall Bucky
Superoinferior Axial
(Axillary Shoulder)
10 x 12 Portrait
40 SID
Line down middle of arm
15 degrees towards wall bucky
SID then angle
Make sure Cassette is jabbed into rib
Clavicle AP
10x12 Landscape
40 SID
Center Mid clavicle
Have light on jugular
Collimate top to bottom
Raise chin
AP Axial
10x12 Landscape
40 SID
-110 Axial
Center Mid clavicle
Have light on jugular
Collimate top to bottom
Raise chin
Scapula AP
10 x 12 Portrait
40 SID
3 Inches down Mid clavicle
Hand Up 90 like Stop sign
Use breathing technique
Lateral Scapula of Body
10 x 12 Portrait
40 SID
Find Middle of Scapula
Center CR
Place hand on other side of body
Place humerus on box
make sure fingers on perpendicular
hold on to bucky
Lateral Scapula of Acromion Coracoid process
10 x 12 Portrait
40 SID
Find Middle of Scapula
Center CR
Place hand on behind body
Place humerus on box
make sure fingers on perpendicular
hold on to bucky
AC AP Joints Bilateral W/O out Weight
17 x 14 Landscape
72 SID look at SID collimation
1 inch above Juglar
Mark Both Sides
Collimate Up and Down
AC AP Joints Bilateral With Weight
17 x 14 Landscape
72 SID look at SID collimation
1 inch above Juglar
Mark Both Sides
Collimate Up and Down
Use weights and marker