Routine chest X-rays may not be as harmless as perceived, warns neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar. While a single scan's radiation is minimal, repeated ex ...

A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that blocks the lung’s arteries. Blood clots do not show on chest X-rays. However, these X-rays may help doctors rule out other health conditions with similar ...

In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

At what point should a patient have repeat chest x-ray after reporting a prior (10 years ago) positive purified protein derivative (PPD) result with subsequent isoniazid therapy? The patient reports ...

WHICH ITEMS WOULD BE INVOLVED. HAPPENIN RIGHT NOW. THE PANDEMIC MEANS THERE IS A GREATER NEED FOR PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS TO TAKE X-RAYS. THEY’RE CALLED RADIO LOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS OR RAD TECHS. THEY DO ...

Researchers have developed a deep learning-based AI algorithm that automatically analyzes chest X-rays to rapidly detect COVID-19 infection with more than 98% accuracy, distinguishing between normal X ...

New research reveals that abnormal chest X-ray results strongly predict future TB risk, emphasising the value of early ...