chest X-ray

Indications

• pulmonary disease
  • pneumonia
  • lung cancer
  • pneumothorax
  • pleural effusion
  • interstitial lung disease
  • granulomatous disease
  • pulmonary fibrosis
• heart failure
• preoperative evaluation (see preoperative chest X-ray)
• tracheal procedure
• prediction of 10-year major adverse cardiac events*
• many others

* though artificial intelligence presumably learning to recognize coronary artery calcium

Procedure

• examine airway, bones, cardiac silhouette, effusions, lung fields, gastric bubble, hilum

More general terms

• radiography (roentgenography)

More specific terms

• preoperative chest X-ray
• radiography of chest & abdomen
• radiography of lung