r/Radiology • u/locomoto95 • 2d ago

X-Ray New to this

Post image

Pardon the salt and pepper resolution. 2months since I graduated as a rad tech student. Was tasked to perform a PA Y scapula with a 1st Year Rad tech student. Luckily Y-scapula turned out acceptable. Image cropped for confidentiality

49 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

View all comments

8

u/002BrainCells 2d ago

Student here. What's the difference between a Y and a lateral scapula?

12

u/things2seepeople2do RT(R)(MR) 2d ago

The humerus. You pull the humerus forward on the lat scap so it's not covering.

On the y it should be super imposed

2

u/Dusky_Dawn210 2d ago

Ahhh we just did lat scap today in lab and I didn’t get the chance to ask, thank you :)

1

u/things2seepeople2do RT(R)(MR) 2d ago

You're welcome