Wrist
PA IR Size: 8x10 TT SID: 40'' Page #'s: 1:132,20	Positioning:   • Wrist Prone   • Fingers Slightly Flexed(=carpals closer to IR)   • =Arm in same plane	CR Entrance & Angle:   • _|_ to MidCarpal Area   • Collimation:   • Distal Radius & Ulna to Proximal 1/2 of MC Respiration:   •	Eval Criteria:   • NR   • Open Radioulnar joint   • Includes Distal radius & Ulna, carpals & proximal half of metacarpals
Lateral (LM) IR Size: 8x10 TT SID: 40'' Page #'s: 1:134,22	Positioning:   • Elbow 90°   • All 5 digits extended, thumb in   • =Arm in same plane	CR Entrance & Angle:   • _|_ to MidCarpal Area   • Collimation:   • Distal Radius & Ulna to Proximal 1/2 of MC Respiration:   • Best to Determine:   • A/P displacement of fractures	Eval Criteria:   • SI of Distal Radius & Ulna   • SI Metacarpals   • Includes Distal radius & Ulna, carpals & proximal half of metacarpals   • Density similar to PA & Ob
PA Oblique IR Size: 8x10 TT SID: 40'' Page #'s: 1:136,24	Positioning:   • Wrist prone & rotate 45° Laterally   • Fingers slightly flexed   • =Arm in same plane	CR Entrance & Angle:   • _|_ to MidCarpal Area   • Collimation:   • Distal Radius & Ulna to Proximal 1/2 of MC Respiration:   • Best to Determine:   • Trapezium & Distal half of Scaphoid	Eval Criteria:   • Slight overlap of Distal Radius & Ulna   • Slight space between 3rd to 4th & 4th to 5th metacarpal shafts   • Open trapeziotrapezoid & scaphotapezial joints   • Includes Distal radius & Ulna, carpals & proximal half of metacarpals
Navicular (PA Ulnar deviation) IR Size: 8x10 TT SID: 40'' Page #'s: 1:138	Positioning:   • Elbow 90°   • All 5 digits extended, thumb in   • =Arm in same plane   • hand outward in extreme ulnar deviation	CR Entrance & Angle:   • 10°-15° proximally or sometimes distally to Scaphoid   • Collimation:   • Distal Radius & Ulna to Proximal 1/2 of MC Respiration:   •	Eval Criteria:   • Scaphoid with adjacent articulations open   • NR of wrist   • Extreme ulnar deviation shown by angle of MC's to the forearm