Vertex |
Highest point of the head above the ear |
Central highest point of the head |
C2 |
Mandible Angle |
Centre of chin |
C7 |
At level of C7 spine, in centre of neck segment |
Adam’s Apple |
AC Joint |
One marker at AC joint should be visible in both views |
One marker at AC joint should be visible in both views |
Humerus Head |
Greater tubercle of the Ulna (head of humerus) |
Same as side view marker but on the midline of the arm |
Elbow |
Olecranon Process of Ulna |
Level of the Olecranon Process of the Ulna |
Wrist |
Wrist |
Level with the side marker |
Finger |
Longest tip of the 3rd Distal Phalanx |
Longest tip of the 3rd Distal Phalanx |
Xiphoid |
Level with front marker, on the midline of the trunk. |
Base of Sternum |
Pubic |
Not required |
Applied by subject |
Hip |
Greater Trochanter of Femur |
Level with the side view marker, on the midline of the thigh |
Knee |
Level to the side of the Patella |
Centre of Patella |
Ankle |
Lateral Malleolus of the Fibula |
Level with the side marker, on the midline of the ankle. |
Metatarsal phalangeal joint P 5 |
5th Metatarsophalangeal joint |
Same as side view |
Toe |
1st Interphalangeal joint (Tip of big toe) |
1st Interphalangeal joint (Tip of big toe) |