Which term describes the image being seen from the image receptor side?

• A. Projection
• B. View
• C. Tangential
• D. Axial

Answer: (B)

In radiography, how the image is described depends on the perspective you’re viewing from. When you look at a radiograph from the side where the detector is, you’re talking about the view—the orientation or perspective of the image as it is seen on the film or sensor. This differs from terms that refer to how the beam passes through the patient. The projection describes the path and angle of the X-ray beam as it creates the image, which is about the geometry of exposure rather than the viewer’s viewpoint. Tangential and axial describe specific beam angles relative to a structure, not the viewpoint from the image receptor. So the term that captures the image as seen from the image receptor side is view.