Essential projections

Question 1

Essential projections

Answer 1

1.Basic/ routine projections
- Projections used on patients who cooperate fully.

2.Special/ additional routines
- used when showing specific anatomical parts
- certain pathological conditions.
- for patients cannot cooperate fully.

Question 2

General principles/ rules for determining basic projections

Answer 2

1. Minimum of 2 projections( 90* from each other.)
   - exceptions,
   - mobile (portable) chest,
   - abdomen (KUB-kidneys, ureters and bladder)
   - pelvis
2. Minimum of three projections when joints are in area
   of interest.
   * The projections are AP or PA, lateral and Oblique

Question 3

Examinations that require 3 projections.

Answer 3

–Fingers
–Hand
–Wrist
–Elbow
–Ankle
–Foot
–knee

Question 4

Reasons for performing a minimum of two
projections

Answer 4

• Determination of alignment
  of fractures.
• Determination of foreign body.
• Superimposition of anatomic structures

Question 5

Examinations that require two projections as routine

Answer 5

–Forearm
–Humerus
–Femur
–Hips
–Tibia-fibula
–Chest