Intercondylar Fossa
PA Axial (Holmblad)
IR Size: 8x10 TT
SID: 40''
Page #'s: 1:306,112

Positioning:
  • Pt kneels on table and cassette or facing the upright bucky
  • Knee flexed 70° (to form a 20° angle with axis to CR)

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • _|_ to Intercondylar fossa
  •

Collimation:
  •

Eval Criteria:
  • Intercondylar fossa & tubercles in profile
  • Apex of patella not visible in fossa

PA Axial (Camp-Coventry)
IR Size: 8x10 TT
SID: 40''
Page #'s: 1:308,114

Positioning:
  • Pt prone
  • Knee flexed 40°-50° (rest foot on a support)

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • _|_ to the lower leg, entering popliteal depression
  • (ie flexed 40°... CR 40°…)

Collimation:
  •

Anatomy to IR:
  •

Eval Criteria:
  • Intercondylar fossa & eminence in profile
  • Apex of patella not visible in fossa