Chest

PA Projection

1. Patient in upright position;
2. Flexed of the arms with the back of the hands resting on the hips;
3. Extended the chin upward;
4. Adjust the shoulders in the same plane.

Central ray perpendicular at the lever T7.

Respiration: Full inspiration.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Visualization of the entire lungs, from the apices to the costophrenic angles;
• No rotation;
• Scapula projected outside the lung fields;
• Spine in the center of the image;
• Visualization of the first three dorsal vertebrae, and the others will be erasing progressively.

Lateral Projection

1. Patient in upright position;
2. Turn the patient to the lateral position;
3. Extended the upper limbs with the forearms above the head.

Central ray perpendicular on the midcoronal plane ate the level of T7.

Respiration: Full inspiration.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Superimposed of the ribs posterior in the spine;
• Sternum in profile without rotation;
• Visualization of the all lungs, from apices to costophrenic angles.