AP Axial
IR Size: 10x12 LW
SID: 40''
Page #'s: 1:430,174
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Positioning:
Pt Supine
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CR Entrance & Angle:
2'' superior to pubic sym (2'' inf ASIS), (PA Axial 15° caudad)
15° cephalad
Collimation:
9x11
Respiration:
Suspend
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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
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Lateral
IR Size: 10x12 LW
SID: 40''
Page #'s: 1:432,176
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Positioning:
Pt TLP
Knees superimposed (for stability)
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CR Entrance & Angle:
_|_ 3.5'' posterior to ASIS (For both Sacrum & Coccyx at same time 1'' inferior to ASIS)
Collimation:
9x11
Respiration:
Suspend
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Eval Criteria:
Use of tight collimation and a lead rubber absorber behind the sacrum
Closely SI posterior margins of the ischia and ilia
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