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Difficulties in the Interpretation of Chest Radiography

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Comparative Interpretation of CT and Standard Radiography of the Chest

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Reading chest X-rays is a difficult and challenging task, and is still important despite the development of powerful imaging techniques such as computed tomography, high-resolution computed tomography, and magnetic resonance. For a correct reading and interpretation of chest X-rays, it is necessary to understand the techniques, their limitations, basic anatomy and physiology, and to have a systematic system of scrutiny. However, we have to keep in mind that interpretation is submitted to perceptual and cognitive limitations and errors. In this chapter, chest X-ray will be discussed from prescription to report in all its facets.

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  1. Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Louke Delrue, Robert Gosselin & An Van Landeghem

  2. Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussel, Belgium

    Bart Ilsen

  3. Department of Radiology, AZ-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussel, Belgium

    Johan de Mey

  4. Department of Radiology, UZ-Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    Philippe Duyck

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  1. Clinique Saint Luc, Dept. Radiology, Université Catholique Louvain, avenue Hippocrate 10, Bruxelles, 1200, Belgium

    Emmanuel E. Coche

  2. Service Imagerie Médicale, CHU de Liège, Liège, 4000, Belgium

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  3. Academisch Ziekenhuis, Afd. Radiologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, Bruxelles, 1090, Belgium

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    Philippe Duyck

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Delrue, L., Gosselin, R., Ilsen, B., Van Landeghem, A., de Mey, J., Duyck, P. (2011). Difficulties in the Interpretation of Chest Radiography. In: Coche, E., Ghaye, B., de Mey, J., Duyck, P. (eds) Comparative Interpretation of CT and Standard Radiography of the Chest. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79942-9_2

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