from to

English translation: from here ... to(wards) there

22:05 Nov 30, 2014
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / osteoarthritis
English term or phrase: from to
X-ray assessment with different image views:
Hips from R/L (lateral) to frog leg; Hips pelvic to AP
[what do the prepositions 'from' and 'to' mean in this context?
kgas
Poland
Local time: 03:24
Selected answer:from here ... to(wards) there
Explanation:
I have no idea what a 'frog leg' is in the context of osteoarthritis, so I'll change the context for the purposes of this explanation.

If I am standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, I could take a photo (view) FROM the mountain TOwards the north, or TOwards the south. I would get different images in each case.

FROM refers to the position of the viewing device (photo camera, X-ray machine), TO refers to the orientation of the viewing axis; and together, the FROM and TO points define a straight line passing through the object which is being observed (a left hip-bone seen from the patient's left-hand side looking towards the right, for example).
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 21:24
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4from here ... to(wards) there
Jennifer Levey
5starting from something / somewhere to something or somewhere else
amin mosayyebi


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
from here ... to(wards) there


Explanation:
I have no idea what a 'frog leg' is in the context of osteoarthritis, so I'll change the context for the purposes of this explanation.

If I am standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, I could take a photo (view) FROM the mountain TOwards the north, or TOwards the south. I would get different images in each case.

FROM refers to the position of the viewing device (photo camera, X-ray machine), TO refers to the orientation of the viewing axis; and together, the FROM and TO points define a straight line passing through the object which is being observed (a left hip-bone seen from the patient's left-hand side looking towards the right, for example).

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
15 hrs

agree  acetran
1 day 4 hrs

agree  Veronika McLaren
1 day 13 hrs

agree  Phong Le
3 days 7 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
starting from something / somewhere to something or somewhere else


Explanation:
it shows a period of time or a distance

amin mosayyebi
Iran
Local time: 04:54
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Incoherent and doesn't seem to add anything to Robin's answer.
9 hrs
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