Exposure - Knee

This page contains radiographic exposure values

Adult Knee

Region	View	kVp	mAs	Cassette	Grid	Distance
Knee	AP	60	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Horizontal Ray Lateral	60	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Rolled Lateral	60	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Skyline (Sunrise)	66	12	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Internal Oblique	62	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	External Oblqiue	62	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Intercondylar AP Axial	60	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Intercondylar PA Axial (Holmblad)	60	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Intercondylar PA Axial (Camp-Coventry)	60	8	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	AP Weight Bearing	66	12	Standard	Yes	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	PA Weight Bearing	66	12	Standard	Yes	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Rosenbergs	66	12	Standard	Yes	100 - 115cm (40 inches)

Paediatric Knee

Region	View	kVp	mAs	Cassette	Grid	Distance
Knee	AP	58	6	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)
	Lateral	58	6	Detail	No	100 - 115cm (40 inches)

These are average exposures using a Carestream CR system, exposures may vary dramatically between different film/screen combinations, CR or DR systems

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