The occipitomental (OM) or Waters view is an angled PA radiograph of the skull, with the patient gazing slightly upwards. It can be used to assess for facial fractures, as well as for acute sinusitis. In general, radiographs of the skull and facial bones are rapidly becoming obsolete, being replaced by much more sensitive CT scans.
History and etymologyThis view was first described by Charles A. Waters and C. W. Waldron, American radiologists in 1915 3.
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