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.