Cervical (Neck) - Radiography
The neck is the region between the head and the chest. When performing a normal cervical spine x ray in examination purposes it is divided in posterior (back) and anterior (front) portions in accordance with the tissue composition and function of the structures.
To demonstrate the bone structure in the neck here are some radiographic procedures:
Dens
- Anteroposterior or Fuchs Method
- AP axial oblique – R or L head rotations – Kasabach Method
Atlas and Axis
- AP open mouth
- R or L Lateral Projection
Atlas and Dens
Cervical Vertibrae
- AP Axial Projection
- R or L Lateral or Grandy Method
- R or L Lateral Hyperflexion or Hyperextension
- AP Projection or Ottenello Method
Cervical Intervertebral Foramina
- AP Axial Oblique RPO and LPO
- AP Oblique Hyperextension or Hyperflexion
- PA Axial Oblique RAO and LAO
Cervical and Upper Thoracic Vertebrae : Vertibral Arch (pillars)
- AP Axial
- AP Axial Oblique R and L head rotations
- PA Axial Oblique R and L head rotations
