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 ...

Upon second inspection, 371 (58.3%) of the 636 chest X-rays were classified as normal. Of the 265 (41.7%) re-read as abnormal, 195 were classified as mild disease, 65 as moderate, and 5 as severe.

Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications.

If your doctor suspects you have COPD, you’ll likely undergo a few different tests, including a chest X-ray. Learn how to prepare for an X-ray and what the results could mean. Plus, see pictures ...

Two freely available chest X-ray datasets were used to test and train the AI model. The datasets comprised three categories of chest X-ray images: normal, coronavirus-positive, and viral pneumonia.

Of the 429 chest X-rays that were classified as normal, 120, or 28%, were also classified by the AI tool as normal. These X-rays, or 7.8 % of all the X-rays, could be potentially safely automated ...