Optic Canal & Foramen
Parietoorbital Oblique (Rhese)
IR Size: 8x10 LW
SID: 40""
Page #'s: None,290

Positioning:
  • Pt semi-prone or seated w/: affected side closest to film
  • Face: 3 point landing zygoma (cheek), nose, & chin rest on bucky MSP 53° to the IR
  • Shoulders: in same horizontal plane

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • _|_ 1"" superior & posterior to upside TEA
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Collimation:
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Best to Determine:
  • Ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal sinuses, Superior & inferior margins, Lateral & medial walls, & lesser wing of sphenoid

Eval Criteria:
  • Optic foramina is projected into inferior & lateral quadrant of projected orbit (R optic foramen is in lower left quad...)
  • If optic foramina is longitudinally incorrect-AML not correct)
  • If optic foramina is laterally incorrect-rotation not correct)