Concordance of chest x-ray with chest CT by body mass index.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with suspected thoracic pathology frequently get imaging with conventional radiography or chest x-rays (CXR) and computed tomography (CT). CXR include one or two planar views, compared to the three-dimensional images generated by chest CT. CXR imaging has the advantage of lower costs and lower radiation exposure at the expense of lower diagnostic accuracy, especially in patients with large body habitus.

Objectives

To determine whether CXR imaging could achieve acceptable diagnostic accuracy in patients with a low body mass index (BMI).

Methods

This retrospective study evaluated 50 patients with age of 63 ± 12 years old, 92% male, BMI 31.7 ± 7.9, presenting with acute, nontraumatic cardiopulmonary complaints who underwent CXR followed by CT within

SUBMITTER: Heston TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024896 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature