What is Submentovertex?
The skull submentovertex view is an angled inferosuperior radiograph of the base of skull.
What does Projection mean in radiology?
Projection X-ray imaging is a modality of medical imaging that involves two-dimensional images of the body, either statistically or dynamically variable in time.
What is the SID for a SMV?
Minimum SID is 40 inches (100 cm).
What is a Townes view?
The Towne view is an angled anteroposterior radiograph of the skull and visualizes the petrous part of the pyramids, the dorsum sellae and the posterior clinoid processes, which are visible in the shadow of the foramen magnum.
What is Townes view used for?
This projection is used to evaluate for medial and lateral displacements of skull fractures, in addition to neoplastic changes and Paget disease.
What is Occipitomental view?
The occipitomental (OM) or Waters view is an angled PA radiograph of the skull, with the patient gazing slightly upwards.
What is lateral projection?
lat·er·al pro·jec·tion. radiographic projection with the x-ray beam in a coronal plane.
What is a submentovertex view on CT?
The skull submentovertex view is an angled inferosuperior radiograph of the base of skull. As this view involves radiographic positioning that is uncomfortable for the patient and with CT being more sensitive to bony detail, this view is rapidly becoming obsolete.
What is a subsubmentovertex radiograph?
submentovertex radiograph. sub·men·to·ver·tex ra·di·o·graph. a radiographic projection showing the base of the skull, positions of the mandibular condyles, and zygomatic arches.
What is a submental vertex radiograph?
sub·men·to·ver·tex ra·di·o·graph. a radiographic projection showing the base of the skull, positions of the mandibular condyles, and zygomatic arches. Synonym(s): base view, submental vertex radiograph.
What is anteroposterior projection?
The radiographic projection in which the x-ray beam enters the posterior side and exits, to the film, through the anterior side Anteroposterior The radiographic projection in which the x-ray beam enters the anterior side and exits, to the film, through the posterior side AP or PA oblique projections