Stenvers projection

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

Stenvers projection taken to demonstrate internal auditory canal and temporal bones.anterior projections. 12 degree cephalad angulation, with head rotated 45 degrees from AP. With patient head in RPO position, CR is directed below left zygoma and centered to mastoid. Bilateral views done. Older editions of Merrill positioning books will have full description as well as other references. Newer editions tend to lack mastoids views because of the predominance of CT imaging for this study today. Named after the physician Hendrik Willem Stenvers (1889–1973) from Utrecht.