1. Some of the common conditions detected on a chest X-ray include, pneumonia, enlarged heart, congestive heart failure, lung mass, rib fractures, fluid around the lung (pleural effusion), and air around the lung (pneumothorax).
2. To produce a chest X-ray test, the chest is briefly exposed to radiation from an X-ray machine and an image is produced on a film or into a digital computer.
3. In general, a chest X-ray test is a simple, quick, inexpensive, and relatively harmless procedure with minimal risk of radiation.
4. Chest X-rays for Medical Students is a unique teaching and learning resource that offers students, junior doctors, trainee radiologists, nurses, physiotherapists and nurse practitioners a basic understanding of the principles of chest radiology.
5. A chest X-ray test is a very common, non-invasive radiology test that produces an image of the chest and the internal organs.
6. For example, bones of the chest wall (ribs and vertebrae) may absorb more of the radiation and thus, appear whiter on the film.
7. Depending on its density, each organ within the chest cavity absorbs varying degrees of radiation, producing different shadows on the film.
8. Chest X-ray images are black and white with only the brightness or darkness defining the various structures.
9. Chest X-ray is also referred to as a chest radiograph, chest roentgenogram, or CXR.
10. Chest X Ray is probably the most common imaging test.
11. Chest X-rays tests are ordered by physicians for a variety of reasons.
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