A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...

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Chest radiography is a commonly used imaging diagnostic tool. It involves the use of chest radiographs, more commonly referred to as chest x rays. This is a widely used method of diagnosis for a wide ...

A chest X-ray can usually detect active tuberculosis (TB) but not latent TB. In either case, you’ll need a sputum test to confirm a diagnosis. Doctors often use chest X-rays to help diagnose active ...

Pneumonia is a common disease, affecting 5 million Americans per year, and is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. Patient survival improves significantly when pneumonia is diagnosed ...

Computer-assisted diagnosis is getting better with recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). It has been recorded that a commercial AI tool performed in ruling out disease and results were ...