Projections for Demonstrating the Hip
This exercise reviews the essential projections of the hip. Identify structures, provide a short answer, select from a list, or choose true or false (explaining any statement you believe to be false) for each item.
1. List the essential projections for the hip, and describe the positioning steps used for each, as follows:
Essential projection:
Size of collimated field:
Key patient/part positioning points:
Anatomic landmarks and relation to IR:
CR orientation and entrance point:
Essential projection: _______________ ( _________________ method)
Anatomic landmarks and relation to IR:
CR orientation and entrance point:
Size of collimated field: Key patient/part positioning points:
Essential projection: _________ ( ________ method)
Size of collimated field:
Key patient/part positioning points: Anatomic landmarks and relation to IR:
CR orientation and entrance point: