Author Question: A less than optimal axiolateral (inferosuperior) hip projection demonstrating the greater ... (Read 25 times)

chads108 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A less than optimal axiolateral (inferosuperior) hip projection demonstrating the greater trochan-ter at a transverse level proximal to the lesser trochanter

a. could result if the central ray were centered too proximally.
b. was obtained using too small of a central ray to femur angle.
c. will also demonstrate the femoral neck without foreshortening.
d. was obtained using a central ray to femur angle that was too large.

Question 2

The central ray angulation used for AP axial sacroiliac joints projections

a. produces an image without sacroiliac joint foreshortening.
b. ranges from 25 to 30 degrees cephalically.
c. needs to be greater in male than in female patients.
d. needs to be decreased as the lumbosacral curvature increases.