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Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
- Chest X-Ray ... lung segments to ... veil like opacity all ... #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
and lateral abdomen ... Chest CT 3 mSv 150 ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... Checklist Outline ALL ... cervical rib Check lung ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation ... #Checklist #radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... X-ray, we are trying ... visible wall #CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Tomography (CT) — Lung ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... X-ray 0.01 mSv 1 ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Table #Risks #
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
lobe atelectasis Chest ... surrounded by aerated lung ... but by the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
important finding on a chest ... x-ray and has a ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... #Patterns #Comparison
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... fluid or solid material ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison