Chest X-Ray Demystified

Introduction

Detailed interpretation of the chest radiograph is a skill that requires many years of clinical practice and experience.

This programme is not intended to offer an exhaustive reference for chest x-ray diagnosis. But it will provide a useful and practical introduction to those practitioners who need to develop these skills.

Course Content

• Factors that determine technical quality

~ Penetration
~ Orientation
~ Rotation

• Systematic analysis of chest x-rays
• Features and appearance of a normal chest x-ray
• Chest x-ray features of clinical conditions

~ Acute Left Ventricular Failure
~ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
~ Consolidation due to Pneumonia
~ Lung Cancer
~ Pleural Effusion
~ Pneumothorax

• Final Assessment