A patient enters the emergency department (ED)to be treated for severe trauma.The physician orders an AP supine chest to evaluate the lungs.What can the technologist do to reduce the magnification of the heart?

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Increasing the Source-to-Image Distance (SID) reduces magnification by allowing the x-rays to be more parallel when they reach the image receptor, thus minimizing the size distortion of the heart on the radiograph.

A Patient Enters the Emergency Department (ED)to Be Treated for Severe