A Settegast is a standard medical
x-ray projection that presents a tangential view of the
patella.
To acquire such an image the patient is placed in a prone position with the
knee
In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the largest joint in the hu ...
flexed at least 90 degrees and the field of view centered on the patellofemoral
joint space.
References
* Kenneth L. Bontrager and John P. Lampignano ''Bontrager's Handbook of Radiographic Positioning and Techniques.'' Elsevier Health Sciences, 2013
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