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Chest radiograph
Projection X-ray of the chest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A chest radiograph, chest X-ray (CXR), or chest film is a projection radiograph of the chest used to diagnose conditions affecting the chest, its contents, and nearby structures. Chest radiographs are the most common film taken in medicine.
Chest radiograph | |
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![]() A normal posteroanterior (PA) chest radiograph of someone without any signs of injury. Dx and Sin stand for "right" and "left" respectively. | |
ICD-9-CM | 87.3-87.4 |
MeSH | D013902 |
MedlinePlus | 003804 |
Like all methods of radiography, chest radiography employs ionizing radiation in the form of X-rays to generate images of the chest. The mean radiation dose to an adult from a chest radiograph is around 0.02 mSv (2 mrem) for a front view (PA, or posteroanterior) and 0.08 mSv (8 mrem) for a side view (LL, or latero-lateral).[1] Together, this corresponds to a background radiation equivalent time of about 10 days.[2]