Tibia/Fibula - Video Lesson

In this view, we will be demonstrating the AP Tibia and fibula. The AP Tibia and fibula should be performed with the patient seated or lying on the radiographic table. With the image receptor placed tabletop, a forty inch source to image distance and no tube angulation. So the first one we're gonna do is an AP, and I have turned the IR diagonal. The leg is more likely to fit from corner to a corner. So I'm gonna dorsey flex the foot. The central right is the mid shaft of the tip fib. And with the long axis running down the long axis of the ir, we wanna make sure we include the malleolus and the apex of the knee. So the collimation is one inch, either side of the tip fib and from the knee to the