A chest X-ray can help your doctor look for abnormalities in your lungs. If your doctor suspects COPD, they may also order a type of X-ray called a CT scan. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

X-ray dark-field chest imaging – a new technique touted as the most significant advance in standard chest X-ray in 100 years – has shown for the first time that it may help diagnose lung disease in ...

An X-ray can help healthcare professionals find non-small cell lung cancer tumors and gain a deeper understanding of them. The healthcare team will also need other imaging and tests for a complete ...

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OAK BROOK, Ill. – In a study of more than 2,000 chest X-rays, radiologists outperformed AI in accurately identifying the presence and absence of three common lung diseases, according to a study ...

The rapid diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a high research priority, with the rapid increase in infections and deaths as winter approaches. A new study from Athens, Greece, ...

X-rays can help doctors identify TB infections. They look for specific characteristics in these images to make a diagnosis. TB is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it ...