Image talk:Polydactyly 01 Rhand AP.jpg
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since this an image of a patient, NOT the user who released it, who does it belong to? 24.167.68.211 16:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- This could belong to the patient as it is stated that The image is his, released under the GFDL. However, technically speaking, it could also belong to the user who released it. --Siva1979Talk to me 17:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Technically the reports of images not the images themselves belong to the record of the patient. The images usually belong to the radiographer (physician) and by extension to the physician who ordered them. DrGnu 14:03, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
The description of the radiograph labels it as being an anterior-posterior projection. If this is the patients right hand, then the projection is posterior-anterior, for in the anatomical position the back of the hand is the posterior side and the palm is on the anterior side. We just covered this in my positioning class (i am a radiography student) 66.56.253.162 03:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)cisco-teen
- For positioning purposes A/P and P/A are usually important in thicker structures such as the abdomen/thorax/skull where overlying tissues might obtund small structures; however, in the extremities (and by the way the foot would be reported as Dorso/Plantar (or D/P) though the other view would be most difficult to get) the structures are much the same seen in either position. Most hand radiographs are taken P/A as you described although occasionally because of deformity of lesion they are taken A/P. This radiograph was not reported (I viewed the larger image with patient identification and other information) in either way. DrGnu 14:01, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
