"Knee AP weight-bearing views will often be used in the context of orthopaedic appointments to assess the alignment and degree of arthropathy when weight-bearing. This view is often used to assess osteoarthritis as non-weight bearing views can underestimate the degree of joint space loss. It is common for the AP view to include both knees so to use the contralateral side as a comparison."
"Knee AP weight-bearing views will often be used in the context of orthopaedic appointments to assess the alignment and degree of arthropathy when weight-bearing. This view is often used to assess osteoarthritis as non-weight bearing views can underestimate the degree of joint space loss. It is common for the AP view to include both knees so to use the contralateral side as a comparison."
"The knee AP weight-bearing view is a specialised projection to assess the knee joint, distal femur, proximal tibia and fibula and the patella."
"Knee AP weight-bearing views will often be used in the context of orthopaedic appointments to assess the alignment and degree of arthropathy when weight-bearing. This view is often used to assess osteoarthritis as non-weight bearing views can underestimate the degree of joint space loss. It is common for the AP view to include both knees so to use the contralateral side as a comparison."
"Knee AP weight-bearing views will often be used in the context of orthopaedic appointments to assess the alignment and degree of arthropathy when weight-bearing. This view is often used to assess osteoarthritis as non-weight bearing views can underestimate the degree of joint space loss. It is common for the AP view to include both knees so to use the contralateral side as a comparison."
"SID100 cm"
"The fibula head is a great indication of rotation, if the fibula head is entirely superimposed, the image is not AP; to correct this you must internally rotate until the knee is in even contact wit the image detector."
"Very slim patients may require a slight caudal angle to better visualise the joint space in an AP fashion. The opposite applies for larger patients (larger thighs mean the leg may be naturally flexed at rest), requiring a slight cephalic angle. Both angles roughly 5-8 degrees."
"centring pointcentre of the knee 1.5 cm distal to the apex of the patella"
"collimation"
"orientation portrait"
"detector size24 cm x 30 cm"
"exposure"
"SID100 cm"
"gridno"
"orientation portrait"
"The fibula head is a great indication of rotation, if the fibula head is entirely superimposed, the image is not AP; to correct this you must internally rotate until the knee is in even contact wit the image detector."