Frontal & Anterior Ethmoid Sinuses
PA axial (Caldwell)
IR Size: 8x10 LW
SID: 40""
Page #'s: 2:372,318

Positioning:
  • Pt seated or upright
  • Pt nose rests on bucky (w/ forehead ~3/4"" from bucky)
  • (or if possible angle grid 15°)

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • CR _|_ exits Nasion.
  •

Collimation:
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Best to Determine:
  • Primary-Frontal & Anterior Ethmoidal

Eval Criteria:
  • NR by Equidistant lat borders of skull & orbits
  • Petrous ridges in lower 1/3 of orbits
  • Frontal sinuses above frontal suture
  • Ethmoid cells just below frontal sinuses
  • Sphenoidal sinuses thru nasal fossae just below or between ethmoidal air cells