RADIOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS

AC -acromioclavicular_ angle

ASIS  -anterior superior iliac spine

AP -anteroposterior

CMC -carpometacarpal joint

CR- central ray

◦ degrees

Dist- distal

EAM -external auditory meatus

Fx- fracture

> greater than

__ inches

IOML -infraorbitomeatal line

IPJ- interphalangeal joint

IR- image receptor

Jt- joint

kV -kilovoltage

Lat- lateral

LAO -left anterior oblique

LPO -left posterior oblique

< less than

MCP- metacarpophalangeal joint

MTP- metatarsophalangeal joint

MSP -midsagittal plane

m/w -midway

OID- object-to-image receptor

distance

Obl- oblique

OML- orbitomeatal line

_  parallel to

⊥  perpendicular to

PA- posteroanterior

proj -projection

prox -proximal

RAO right anterior oblique

RPO -right posterior oblique

SID -source-to-image receptor

distance

w/- with

w/o -without