Maxillary Sinuses
Parietocanthial (Waters)
IR Size: 8x10 LW
SID: 40""
Page #'s: 2:374,320

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

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • _|_ to exit acanthion
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Collimation:
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Best to Determine:
  • Primary-Maxillary & also shows Frontal
  • Also shows foramen rotundum

Eval Criteria:
  • NR by Equidistant lat borders of skull & orbits
  • Petrous ridges just below maxillary sinuses
  • Orbits and maxillary sinuses symmetric on each side