| Thoracic Spine | AP THORACIC | LATERAL THORACIC | PA CHEST | LATERAL CHEST | AP LORDOTIC CHEST | AP (PA) RIBS ABOVE DIA | 30 OR 60 deg OBLIQUE RIB | AP RIB BELOW DIA |
| DEMONSTRATE | C7-T12 | C7-T12 | Lung apices to Costophrenic angle Larynx Trachea Heart Vessels Bones | Lower cervical upper thoracic vertebra and Heart | Lung apices Right mid-lobe Lingula | Ribs 1-10 | Ribs 1-8 or 9 | Ribs 8-12 |
| MEASURE | AP thru T6 with Inspiration | Axilla to Axilla | AP thru T6 with Inspiration | Latissumus dorsi B/L thru CR | AP thru T6 with Inspiration | Thru CR | Thru CR at Angle | Thru CR |
| kVp | 80 LARGE | 90 SMALL | 110 SMALL | 115 SMALL | 110 SMALL | 70 SMALL | 70 SMALL | 90 SMALL |
| FILM SIZE | 14x17 black verticle flash up | 14x17 black verticle flash up | 14x17 insight vert flash up fem horiz flash up male + obese | 14x17 insight verticle flash up | 14x17 insite verticle flash up | 14x17 black verticle flash up | 14x17 black verticle flash up | 10x12 black horizontal flash lateral same side |
| GRID | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FFD | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| TUBE TILT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PATIENT POSITION | Face the tube | Lateral upright Hands palm to palm Arms crossed, extended, and dropped down in front | Face the bucky, roll scapula, split breast dorsal hands on hip head extended | Arms above head elbows forward chin up | Stand 1 foot away from bucky and lean back, Roll shoulders Dorsal hands on hips | Upright, Mid-clavical at center Get arms out of way | Standing Oblique with no Humeral obscuring Get arms out of way | Upright Mid-clavicular at center Get arms out of way |
| CR | Mid-sternum (T6) | Mid-axillary vert. Under axilla horiz. | Mid-sternum (T6) | Mid-axillary line and angle of jaw | Mid sternum (3-4" below jugular notch) | 3-4" below jugular notch Mid-claviclar line and T7 | T7 and about halfway B/T spine and lat margin | Midway between xiphoid and lower rib cage in mid-clavicular line |
| COLLIMATE AND SHIELD | Full verticle (1" above Vertebra Prominens) mid-clavicular sides | Full cassettte verticle and back of Spine to Mid-axilla | Full chest size | Full cassette verticle 1" above Vertebra Prominens and Thoracic cavity horiz. | Area of interest | Should see all of Vertebral body and outer part of ribs | Should see all of Vertebral body and outer part of ribs | Full cassette with four sides of collimation |
| FILTER | Upper 1/3 - (top of screen to mid T-spine) thick up and thin down | Lower 1/2 Thin at T6 Fat at T12 | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE |
| SIDE MARKER | R or L | L | R or L | L | R or L | R or L | R or L | R or L |
| BREATHING | Breath in, hold | Breath in, release slowly; expose during exhale | Breath in and let it out then Breath in, hold | Breath in and let it out then Breath in, hold | Breath in and let it out then Breath in, hold | Breath in, hold | Breath in, hold | Breath in; Exhale; hold |
| Special note: time between 1-2 sec | Special note: Don't get left behind | Special note: ANT. OBLIQUE, use opposite marker to that of the side closest to screen | ||||||
| Bear in mind spine is posterior, collimate else out | ||||||||
| Scoliosis - convex toward screen (x-ray into concave) | ||||||||
| Listing might require tube angling | ||||||||
| Time < 0.1 second |