Nov. 14, 2003 -- Lateral chest radiographs do not appear to be useful in evaluating adult patients with positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results, new research suggests. Chest radiographs are used ...

For the patient with a positive PPD test, which usually indicates prior exposure to tuberculosis, the guidelines recommend a chest x-ray that typically includes a frontal and lateral view. The lateral ...

These linear shadows are usually best seen just above the costophrenic angle along the lateral chest wall, on the routine posteroanterior view. However, at times they are depicted to better advantage ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Routine chest X-rays do not prevent lung cancer deaths, not even in smokers or former smokers, according to a big government study challenging a once common type of screening. In the ...

X-ray dark-field chest imaging – a new technique touted as the most significant advance in standard chest X-ray in 100 years – has shown for the first time that it may help diagnose lung disease in ...