A patient comes to radiology for a routine study of the cranium.He is unable to flex his head and neck sufficiently to place the OML perpendicular to the IR for the AP axial projection.What should the technologist do to compensate for this problem without creating excessive magnification of the occipital bone?
A) Use the inferior OML and increase the CR angulation by 7°.
B) Perform the Haas method.
C) Perform a submentovertex projection in place of the AP axial projection.
D) Use the AML and increase the CR angulation by 10°.
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