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Wrist - Carpal Tunnel
Radiographic Positioning
| Adult | Other related pages of interest |
| Name of projection | Wrist - Carpal Tunnel / Canal |
| Area Covered | Carpal tunnel, the carpals are demonstrated in a tunnel like arched arrangement |
| Pathology shown | Boney impingement of carpal tunnel, abnormal calcification and bony changes in carpal sulcus that may create impingement on the median nerve as with carpal tunnel syndrome |
| Radiographic Anatomy | Wrist Radiographic Anatomy |
| IR Size & Orientation | 18 x 24cm Landscape |
| Film / Screen Combination | Detail (CR and DR as recommended by manufacturer) |
| Bucky / Grid | No |
| Filter | No |
| Exposure | 50 kVp 2mas |
| FFD / SID | 100cm |
| Central Ray | Direct to a point approximately 3cm distal to the base of third metacarpal (centre of palm of hand) |
| Collimation | Collimate on four sides to area of interest |
| Markers | Lateral Marker orientation AP |
| Shielding | Gonadal (check your department's policy guidelines) |
| Respiration | Not applicable |
| Positioning |
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| Critique | Positioning |
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