Centering for oblique projections of the chest should be directed to which level?

T9-10
T5
T7
T12

T7

Rationale: Oblique projections of the chest aim to show the entire lung field from the apices to the costophrenic angles. The obliquity projections of the chest will shift the midline structures of the chest to demonstrate the bifurcation of the trachea and the right or left bronchial tree.

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