Chest X-Ray
Alternate Names : Chest Radiography, Serial Chest X-Ray, X-Ray - Chest
Definition An X-ray of the chest, lungs, heart, large arteries, ribs, and the diaphragm.
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Why is the Test Performed?
A chest X-ray may be ordered when an person's symptoms include a persistent cough, coughing up blood, chest pain, a chest injury, or difficulty in breathing. The test is also used when tuberculosis, lung cancer, or other chest or lung disease is suspected.
A serial chest X-ray (repeated or sequential) may be used to evaluate changes over time of an abnormality found on a chest X-ray (for example, an increase in the size of an abnormality over a period of weeks).
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