LATERAL CERVICAL VIEW lateral cervical.pptx

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1. “LATERAL CERVICAL VIEW” MS. PRIYA YADAV ALLIED AND HEALTH CARE

2. CLINICAL INDICATION Pathology involving the cervical spine and adjacent soft tissue structures, including spondylosis and osteoarthritis

3. CONTRAINDICATION Pregnancy

4. PATIENT POSITIONING Position patient in the erect lateral position, either sitting or standing, with shoulder against vertical IR.

5. PART POSITION Align midcoronal plane to CR and midline of table and/or IR. Center IR to CR, which should place top of IR about 1 to 2 inches (3 to 5 cm) above the external auditory meatus (EAM). Depress shoulders (for equal weights to both arms. Ask patient to relax and drop shoulders down and forward as far as possible. Protract chin (to prevent superimposition of the mandible on upper vertebrae)

6. CR CR perpendicular to IR Direct CR horizontally to C4. Center IR to CR.

7. RECOMMENDED COLLIMATION Collimate on four sides to anatomy of interest. RESPIRATION Suspend respiration on full expiration (for maximum shoulder depression).

8. ANATOMY DEMONSTRATED Cervical vertebral bodies, intervertebral joint spaces, articular pillars, spinous processes, and zygapophyseal joints.