Stenvers projection

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. 2011.

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