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'''[[Projectional radiography]] ("X-ray") of the [[pelvic bones]]''' covers the skeleton from the inferior [[vertebral column]] to the [[proximal femur]].
File:Hueftgelenk-gesund.jpg|link=X-ray of the hip joint|[[X-ray of the hip joint|X-ray of the '''hip joint''']]
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===Coccyx===
In suspected coccyx fractures, projectional radiography has no quantifiable clinical impact,<ref name="HannaSadiq2016">{{cite journal|last1=Hanna|first1=Tarek N.|last2=Sadiq|first2=Mahniya|last3=Ditkofsky|first3=Noah|last4=Benayoun|first4=Marc|last5=Datir|first5=Abhijit|last6=Rohatgi|first6=Saurabh|last7=Khosa|first7=Faisal|title=Sacrum and Coccyx Radiographs Have Limited Clinical Impact in the Emergency Department|journal=American Journal of Roentgenology|volume=206|issue=4|year=2016|pages=681–686|issn=0361-803X|doi=10.2214/AJR.15.15095}}</ref> and is regarded as a waste of resources and unnecessary [[Radiobiology|exposure to ionizing radiation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/coccygeal-fracture?lang=us|title=Coccygeal fracture|author=Henry Knipe|website=[[Radiopaedia]]|accessdate=2019-07-02}}</ref>
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