Skull AP view
Clinical indication:
Skull fracture, trauma
Region:
Cranial vault, maxilla
Patient’s Position:
The patient is supine of upright straight depending on the case; in trauma cases the preferable position should be supine.
The back side of patient’s head is against the cassette
Cassette:
Size: 10’’x12’’ Orientation: Portrait
FFD/SID:
100cm
Central ray:
Central ray is directed to glabella and parallel to the radiographic baseline (OML)
Grid:
Yes
Respiration:
Not related
Exposure factors:
75kVp 8-10mAs
Collimation:
Collimate laterally to all the skin margins, superiorly to include the skull and inferiorly to include maxilla.
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