Skull - Video Lesson

In this view, we will be demonstrating the lateral skull. The lateral skull should be performed with the patient standing or sitting at the upright buggy or lying on the table. With a forty inch source damage distance and no tube angulation. For lateral projections of the skull, it is recommended that right and left is done. I have my patient standing at the upright Buckey with the left side of his head closest to the IR. This place is the mid sagittal plane parallel to the IR. The IOML is perpendicular to the front edge of the I R. I have no angle on the x-ray tube. I am at forty inches distance. The inter pupillary line is perpendicular to the IR. The central rate is two inches superior to the EAM, the journal auditory mieyes. The collimation is a half an inch to an inch around the shadow