If your doctor suspects you have COPD, you’ll likely undergo a few different tests, including a chest X-ray. Learn how to prepare for an X-ray and what the results could mean. Plus, see pictures ...

While a chest X-ray cannot make a diagnosis of COPD, especially in early-stage disease, it can help support it. What a Chest X-Ray Can Tell Us.

A chest X-ray or CT scan often detects lung nodules—small growths in the lungs—incidentally. While most lung nodules are benign, here’s to finding out if they are cancerous.

When diagnosing lung metastases and second primary lung cancer in patients with head and neck cancer, low-dose CT leads to better sensitivity than chest x-ray but does not lead to improved overall ...

“A lung nodule is a small, solid, rounded mass of tissue in the lungs that can be seen on a chest X-ray or CT scan,” explained Dr. Samir Shah, an interventional radiologist and chief medical ...