X-ray Head

SKULL:

  • PA CALDWELL, LATERAL

SKULL SERIES:

  • AP TOWNES (30º CAUDAD CR 2.5” ABOVE GLABELLA), PA CALDWELL, BOTH LATERALS

SHUNT SERIES:

  • AP OF SKULL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHUNT. USE 14X17, AND THAT WILL USUALLY COVER IT. IF NOT, FOLLOW IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

PEDIATRIC SKULL FOR CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS:

  • AP, TOWNES (30º CAUDAD CR 2.5” ABOVE GLABELLA), BOTH LATERALS, BOTH OBLIQUES

SINUS 1 OR 2 VIEW:

  • WATERS, LEFT OR RIGHT LATERAL

SINUS SERIES***:

  • WATERS, PA CALDWELL, LEFT OR RIGHT LATERAL

SINUS 4 VIEW:

  • WATERS, PA CALDWELL, LEFT OR RIGHT LATERAL, SMV

FACIAL BONES:

  • WATERS, LATERAL, AND CALDWELL

NASAL BONES:

  • WATERS AND BOTH LATERALS

TMJ:

  • AP AXIAL (CR 35-40º CAUDAD TO OML, CR 2.” ABOVE GLABELLA TO PASS THROUGH TMJ’S)
  • AXIOLATERAL (modified schuller) 25º CAUDAD, EXIT THROUGH DOWN SIDE TMJ, DO BOTH SIDES OPEN AND CLOSED MOUTH

MANDIBLE:

  • PA, AP AXIAL CR 35º caudad to OML, CENTER TO GLABELLA, BOTH AXIOLATERAL OBLIQUES

OPTIC FORAMINA(ORBITS):

  • RHESE METHOD, CR PERPENDICULAR TO FILM – CENTER TO DOWN SIDE ORBIT

ZYGOMATIC ARCHES:

  • AP AXIAL (modified townes), SMV, AXIAL OBLIQUE (tangential)

Updated 6.4.2021