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Item No. 07804-01 Online
Approved for 1.5 Category A CE credits.

Chest radiography is the most common radiographic procedure performed in medical imaging departments and one of the most often repeated exams. Chest radiography is performed to evaluate the lungs, heart and thoracic viscera.

Author Dan L. Hobbs, M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(CT)(MR), identifies the basic anatomy seen on a chest radiograph and describes the anatomical relationships of various organs in the chest, the basic positioning requirements for a chest exam and the criteria used to critique a chest radiograph.

First published in the July/August 2007 issue of Radiologic Technology. Reviewed and updated in 2016.

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