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Foot - DP Weight Bearing
Radiographic Positioning
| Adult | Other related pages of interest |
| Name of projection | Foot - DP Weight Bearing |
| Area Covered | Phalanges, metatarsals, navicular, cuneiforms and cuboid |
| Pathology shown | Bones of the feet and their alignment under full weight of the body |
| Radiographic Anatomy | Foot Radiographic Anatomy |
| IR Size & Orientation | 24 x 30 cm Portrait, divided in two can usually fit 2 views, use lead masking for unused area |
| Film / Screen Combination | Detail (CR and DR as recommended by manufacturer) |
| Bucky / Grid | No |
| Filter | Yes - when using film a thin filter covering phalanges and distal metatarsals |
| Exposure | 55 kVp 3.2 mAs |
| FFD / SID | 100cm |
| Central Ray | Centre to include foot Directed at base of 3rd metatarsal
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| Collimation | Outer skin margins of foot on four sides |
| Markers | Distal and Lateral Marker orientation AP |
| Shielding | Gonadal (check your department's policy guidelines) |
| Respiration | Not applicable |
| Positioning |
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| Critique | Positioning |
| Special Notes |
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