Leg/tibia & fibula AP view
Clinical indication:
Fractures, lesion
Region:
Leg
Patient’s Position:
The patient is either supine or sitting upright with both legs straight on the xray table. The ankle is dorsiflexed. The limb is rotated medially until the medial and lateral malleoli are equidistance from the cassette.
Cassette:
Size: 14’’x17’’ Orientation: Portrait or diagonal as per length of limb
FFD/SID:
100cm
Central ray:
Centering is towards the middle of the cassette with the central ray at 90° angle to both the long axis of the tibia and an imaginary line joining the malleoli.
Grid:
No
Respiration:
Not related.
Exposure factors:
60-65kVp 8-10mAs
Collimation:
Collimate laterally to the skin margins, superiorly to the knee joint and inferiorly to the ankle joint.
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