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 ...

Now, rising to the challenge, an Arizona State University team of researchers has built a powerful new AI tool, called Ark +, ...

After she had a clear chest X-ray, we were told she had been exposed to TB but didn't have an active case. She was put on medication. The rest of the family had TB tests, and all were negative ...

Learn what doctors look for on a chest X-ray during the diagnostic process for tuberculosis.

Artificial intelligence can scan a chest X-ray and diagnose if an abnormality is fluid in the lungs, an enlarged heart or cancer. But being right is not enough, said Ngan Le, a University of ...

In children exposed to tuberculosis, chest radiography helped in detecting asymptomatic coprevalent TB and predicting incident TB after baseline, according to a study in American Journal of ...

Yearly chest X-rays to look for lung cancer aren't worth doing because they don't save lives, according to a federally funded study. More than 150,000 people took part in the research.

X-rays are essential to the initial assessment and management of TB. They show characteristic features associated with TB infection, such as lung infiltrates.

Small-airway obstruction, which cannot be seen with conventional X-rays, was observed in a virtual chest X-ray enhanced by phase-contrast imaging, according to study results published in ...

By loosening up the mucus, expectorants make your cough more productive—making it easier for you to cough up mucus effectively and clear your chest congestion.

A large study shows that routine chest X-rays do not reduce lung cancer mortality; findings are expected to influence new guidelines on screening for lung cancer.