Ankle AP view/mortise view
Clinical indication:
Reduced joint spaces
Region:
Ankle
Patient’s Position:
The patient is supine or seated on the xray table.
Assist the patient by internally rotating the entire leg and foot together 15°-20° until the internal malleolar plane is parallel to IR.
Cassette should be placed under the ankle.
Grasp the distal femur area with one hand and the foot with other.
Cassette:
Size: 10”x12” Orientation: Portrait
FFD/SID:
100cm
Central ray:
The central beam is perpendicular to the ankle joint at a point midway between the malleoli.
Grid:
No
Respiration:
Not related.
Exposure factors:
60kVp 1-2mAs
Collimation:
Collimate to the lateral skin margins, superiorly to the distal third of tibia fibula and inferiorly to the proximal aspect of metatarsals.
Related X-ray views
- Skull AP view
- Skull PA Caldwell (0°) view
- Skull PA Caldwell (15°) view
- Skull PA Caldwell (25°-30°) view
- Skull AP axial view / Skull Townes view
- Skull Submentovertex (SMV) view
- Sella Turcica lateral view
- Lateral oblique view / Mastoid Sculler’s view
- Stenver’s view of temporal bone
- Radiograph of foot:
- Radiograph of ankle:
- Leg radiograph:
- Knee radiograph:
- Femur radiograph:
- Wrist PA View
- Wrist lateral View
- Wrist ulnar deviation View
- Hand AP View
- Hand lateral View
- Forearm AP View
- Forearm lateral View
- Elbow AP View
- Elbow lateral View
- Humerus AP View
- Chest PA View
- Chest AP View
- Chest lateral View
- Chest lateral decubitus View/cross table lateral chest view
- Chest AP lordotic view/Apicogram
- Cervical spine radiograph:
- Thoracic spine radiograph:
- Lumbar spine radiograph:
- Sacrum AP view
- Sacrum lateral view
- Coccyx AP view
- Coccyx lateral view