- Waters projection
- a radiographic projection of the anterior head, used for viewing the maxillary sinuses and sphenoid bone; the central ray enters at an angle through the chin.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Waters projection
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Waters projection radiograph — Waters view radiograph the radiograph made from a Waters projection … Medical dictionary
Waters' projection — a posteroanterior X ray film to show the maxillae, maxillary sinuses, and zygomatic bones. C. A. Waters (1888 1961), US radiologist … Medical dictionary
Waters' projection — a posteroanterior X ray film to show the maxillae, maxillary sinuses, and zygomatic bones [A. Waters (1888–1961), US radiologist] … The new mediacal dictionary
Waters position — the position of the head in Waters projection … Medical dictionary
Проекция Ватерса (Waters ' Projection) — рентгенограмма черепа в заднепереднем положении, позволяющий исследовать верхнюю челюсть, верхнечелюстные пазухи и скуловые кости. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
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
Waters position projection — Wa·ters position, projection (wawґtərz) [Charles Alexander Waters, American radiologist, 1888–1961] see under position and projection … Medical dictionary
ПРОЕКЦИЯ ВАТЕРСА — (Waters projection) рентгенограмма черепа в заднепереднем положении, позволяющий исследовать верхнюю челюсть, верхнечелюстные пазухи и скуловые кости … Толковый словарь по медицине
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
map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… … Universalium
