Stenvers projection

Stenvers projection

In radiology, oblique view of skull, to establish better views for petrous bone, osseous labyrinth and internal auditory canal.


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  • Stenvers projection — an oblique projection of the head, done with the head rotated 45 degrees so that the petrous part of the temporal bone is perpendicular to the beam; it allows a view of the petrous apex, the labyrinth, and the internal acoustic meatus …   Medical dictionary

  • projection — 1. A pushing out; an outgrowth or protuberance. 2. The referring of a sensation to the object producing it. 3. A defense mechanism by which a repressed complex in the individual is denied and conceived as belonging to another person, as when… …   Medical dictionary

  • view — SYN: projection. axial v. SYN: axial projection. base v. SYN: submentovertex radiograph. Caldwell v. SYN: Caldwell projection. half axial v. SYN: Towne projection. Judet v. v. consisting of two oblique radiographic projections centered on the hip …   Medical dictionary

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