Sacrum
AP Axial
IR Size: 10x12 LW
SID: 40''
Page #'s: 1:430,174

Positioning:
  • Pt Supine

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • 2'' superior to pubic sym (2'' inf ASIS), (PA Axial 15° caudad)
  • 15° cephalad

Collimation:
  • 9x11

Respiration:
  • Suspend

Anatomy to IR:
  •

Eval Criteria:
  • No foreshortening of sacrum with sacral curvature straightened
  • Pubic bones not overlapping the sacrum
  • NR of the sacrum, as indicated by symmetric alae & centered

Lateral
IR Size: 10x12 LW
SID: 40''
Page #'s: 1:432,176

Positioning:
  • Pt TLP
  • Knees superimposed (for stability)

CR Entrance & Angle:
  • _|_ 3.5'' posterior to ASIS (For both Sacrum & Coccyx at same time 1'' inferior to ASIS)
  •

Collimation:
  • 9x11

Respiration:
  • Suspend

Eval Criteria:
  • Use of tight collimation and a lead rubber absorber behind the sacrum
  • Closely SI posterior margins of the ischia and ilia