ABSTRACT
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The patient stands or sits with the posterior aspect of their head and shoulders against the image receptor. This can be a cassette or vertical DDR system. A grid may or may not be used depending on patient size.
The median sagittal plane of the trunk is rotated through 45 degrees for the right and left sides in turn.
The head can be rotated so that the median sagittal plane is parallel to the image receptor, thus avoiding superimposition of the mandible on the vertebra.
The image receptor is centred on the prominence of the thyroid cartilage.
