REVERSE TOWNES
Demonstrates the condyles, condylar heads and condylar hypo/hyperplasia. PA Townes ( half-axial skull) with 30 degree angulation.
REVERSE WATERS Method
(AP) facial bones.
RHESE METHOD
The routine PA oblique of the optic foramen Ref: K. Clarke. Positioning in Radiography, 10th ed.
RIPPSTEIN METHOD
Foreshortened view of the femurs and femoral neck.Requires a Rippstein leg support.Patient supine with the hips flexed 90 degrees and abducted 20 degrees. The legs are parallel in a Rippstein leg support. Vertical central ray centred to the symphysis pubis.Ref: Rippstein, J. (1955). On Assesment of the Neck of the Femur by Means of Two X-rays. Z. Orthop. 86; 345-360.
RISSER METHOD
Demonstrates both iliac crests and epiphysis.Patient supine. Center to the iliac crests.Ref: Risser, J.C.(1958). The Iliac Apophysis: An invaluable sign in the management of scoliosis, Clin. Orthop. 11: 111-119.
ROCHER AP
Skull centered through orbits
ROBERT’S VIEW
True AP thumb.ROSENBERG METHOD45 degree posteroanterior flexion weight-bearing view of the knee.Ref: Rosenburg T. et al. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
