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xiongyi
xiongyi
tostevin casset holder
Aug 21 2009, 4:12 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 21 2009, 4:12 PM EDT
like this article, solved a lot of puzzels.
For the tostevin casset holder, I guess the patient has to placed with their C spine extended out of the x-ray table (with some kind of support)? 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
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M.J.Fuller
M.J.Fuller
1. RE: tostevin casset holder
Aug 21 2009, 11:31 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 21 2009, 11:31 PM EDT
The holder, cassette and tube are all setup and aligned first. The patient is then positioned using the floating table top. If you are not using a floating table top, the technique would need to be modified considerably. Hope this helps.

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metal-fan-666
2. RE: tostevin casset holder
Dec 10 2011, 4:24 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 10 2011, 4:24 PM EST
Same results can be achieved with a stool and a sponge.

Move the table longitudinaly to its maximum extent in the direction of the patients feet. Place a stool as close as you can get to the end of the table support column that the patients head is at.

Place 45 degree sponge on stool. Place film on sponge. Angle, centre and collimate to film. If you want to add some cephalic angulation, either rotate the tube or angle the patient (presumably on a mat or mattress).

No grid, 70kV for 10mAs, centre around C4 so that the longitudional crosshair of the light field lies along the patients outer canthis. Do you find this valuable?