Parietocanthial
(Waters)
IR Size: 8x10 LW
SID: 40""
Page #'s: 2:374,320
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Positioning:
Pt seated or upright
Chin rests on grid & Nose should be ~3/4"" from grid
If neck extended to much-maxillary sinuses foreshortened & antral floors not shown obscuring pathology
If neck not extended enough-petrosae projected over inferior part of maxillary sinuses
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CR Entrance & Angle:
_|_ to exit acanthion
Collimation:
Best to Determine:
Primary-Maxillary & also shows Frontal
Also shows foramen rotundum
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Eval Criteria:
NR by Equidistant lat borders of skull & orbits
Petrous ridges just below maxillary sinuses
Orbits and maxillary sinuses symmetric on each side
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