endobronchial tuberculosis and chest radiography i read, with interest, the article entitled “clinical and para-clinical presentations of endobronchial tuberculosis” by ahmadi hoseini h. s. et al. (1) published in this journal. i would like to focus on some details about the chest x-ray of patients as elaborated by the authors in the results section. accordingly, the findings of chest radiograp...

Background: Chest radiography is one of the most usual diagnostic tools for respiratory distress. Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the specificity, sensitivity and clinical value of chest radiography of neonates with respiratory distress.Patients and Methods: A descriptive- analytical study was conducted on 102 neonates that were in neonatal intensive care unit of Imam Reza and...

Aims Chest radiography is the first choice for the investigation of cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Radiographer technologists are responsible for managing the radiation exposure to patients and providing adequate image quality according to the ALARA concept. The knowledge and experience of radiographers in performing chest radiography helps to improve the diagnosis of diseases. The aim...

Endobronchial tuberculosis and chest radiography I read, with interest, the article entitled “Clinical and Para-clinical Presentations of Endobronchial Tuberculosis” by Ahmadi Hoseini H. S. et al. (1) published in this journal. I would like to focus on some details about the chest X-ray of patients as elaborated by the authors in the results section. Accordingly, the findings of chest radiograp...

background: chest radiography is one of the most usual diagnostic tools for respiratory distress. objective: the purpose of this study is to assess the specificity, sensitivity and clinical value of chest radiography of neonates with respiratory distress.patients and methods: a descriptive- analytical study was conducted on 102 neonates that were in neonatal intensive care unit of imam reza and...

Introduction: The study was undertaken to evaluate the practice of chest radiography using different digital imaging systems and its influence on dose and image quality.  Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in two hospitals from March 2016 to June 2016. Sixty ambulatory patients aged 21 to 60 years who were able to cooperate without difficulty and weighed between 60 to 80 kg were ...

background the use of shielding tools and x-ray beam collimator has extensively been advocated as effective methods to reduce radiation exposure to patients underwent radiological procedures. the aim of this study was to address the use of these protection measures during infant chest radiography. material and methods 348digital and/or analogue infant chest radiographs were reviewed that perfor...