Normal chest imaging examples

Last revised by Ian Bickle ◉ on 21 Sep 2022

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Citation:

Bickle I, Hacking C, Er A, et al. Normal chest imaging examples. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 02 Feb 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-37901

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-37901

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/37901

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37901

Article created:

25 Jun 2015 by Ian Bickle ◉

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65 times by 6 users - see full revision history

Systems:

Chest, Cardiac

Sections:

Radiography

This article lists examples of normal imaging of the chest and surrounding structures, divided by modality.

chest radiograph
- PA adult male
  - example 1
  - example 2: with inverted windows
  - example 3
- PA adult female
  - example 1
  - example 2
  - example 3: with labels
  - example 4
  - example 5: pregnant
  - example 6: high BMI (female)
  - example 7: high BMI (male)
  - example 8: high BMI (female) AP
- AP adult male
  - example 1
- AP adult female
  - example 1
  - example 2: lordotic view
- supine projection
  - example 1
  - example 2: trauma supine
  - example 3: trauma supine in obese patient
- lateral projection
  - example 1
- sternum
  - example 1, example 2: lateral projection, example 3
- lordotic projection
  - example 1, example 2
- inspiratory/expiratory
  - example 1
- ribs
  - example 1: PA chest, right oblique ribs

Pediatric examples

chest radiograph
- preterm neonate: example 1 (27 weeks)
- term neonate: example 1 (lateral decubitus)
- 1-3 years: example 1, example 2
- 4-6 years:
  - example 1: 6 year old male
  - example 2: 6 year old male
  - example 3: 6 year old female
  - example 4
- 7-12 years: example needed
- 13-16 years: example needed
  - example 1: 14 year old female

CT

CT chest
- example 1: adult female, non-contrast; lung windows
- example 2: adult male, contrast-enhanced
- example 3: adult female, non-contrast
- example 4: adult male, arterial phase
HRCT chest
- example 1: non-contrast, supine, prone and expiratory
CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA)
- example 1: excellent pulmonary arterial / venous differentiation
- example 2: average pulmonary arterial / venous differentiation
- example 3: spectral CTPA
CT coronary arteries (CTCA)
- right dominant: example 1, example 2
- left dominant: example 1, example 2, example 3
CT thoracic angiogram
- example 1: ECG gated
- example 2: non-ECG gated
CT pulmonary veins (pre RF ablation)
- example 1