PA axial
(Caldwell)
IR Size: 8x10 LW
SID: 40""
Page #'s: 2:372,318
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Positioning:
Pt seated or upright
Pt nose rests on bucky (w/ forehead ~3/4"" from bucky)
(or if possible angle grid 15°)
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CR Entrance & Angle:
CR _|_ exits Nasion.
Collimation:
Best to Determine:
Primary-Frontal & Anterior Ethmoidal
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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
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