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for a PA chest x ray you center at the tip of the scapula located at T7,
then you simply rotate the patient so that their left side is against the image receptor for the lateral and both arms out in front of them and up (the film may move down a maximum of 2 inches for the lateral if apices appear low on PA image)
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X-ray image.
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10 degrees toward the heel
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X-Ray or radiograph
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