Chest X-ray showing collapsed lung, or pneumothorax. Image courtesy of Rachael Callcut, MD. New artificial intelligence-powered technology may soon help reduce delays in diagnosing a collapsed lung, ...

Some symptoms of tension pneumothorax include shortness of breath, sharp chest pain, and blue or discolored skin, lips, or nails. Tension pneumothorax is a medical emergency. Tension pneumothorax ...

When considering the positioning of a patient suspected of pneumothorax for a chest radiograph, PA is the best. The pneumothorax will appear more radiolucent (black) on the chest radiograph and the ...

The chest X-rays were assessed for three common findings: airspace disease (a chest X-ray pattern, for example, caused by pneumonia or lung edema), pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and pleural ...

Of the 500 chest radiographs, 434 were portable anterior-posterior acquisitions, while one was upright posterior-anterior, and 65 were lateral posterior-anterior films.

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 ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a medical robotic system to relieve a life-threatening ...

Radiologists had a lower rate of false positives when detecting airspace disease, pneumothorax and pleural effusion on chest X-rays compared with artificial intelligence tools, according to ...

Abstract. The chest radiograph (commonly referred to as chest X-ray) remains widely used, despite newer and more advanced imaging techniques such as computerised tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance ...