Chest PA and Lateral Positioning

This Chest PA and Lateral video is from our X-Ray positioning series. Please visit us at radtechbootcamp.com to see the rest of our positioning videos along with many others. PA Projection: Image receptor: 14x 17 crosswise SID: 72 inches X-Ray tube: No angulation Central ray: T7 with top of IR 1 1/2' to 2' above relaxed shoulder Breathing instructions: Full inspiration Shielding: required Lateral Projection:  Image receptor: 14x 17 lengthwise SID: 72 inches X-Ray tube: No angulation Central ray: T7 at midcoronal plane Breathing instructions: Full inspiration Shielding: required Imaging details: kVp: 100 to 110 Grid for upright bucky Non-grid for mobile AEC= outer chamber for PA, inner chamber for lateral Imaging critique: T7 at center of imaging field Bilateral costophrenic angles and lung apexes included Proximal clavicles equal distance to midline of thoracic spine Scapula bodies non-superimposed lateral lung fields 10 to 11 ribs visualized superior to diaphragm