Doctors do not use chest X-rays to diagnose asthma. However, you may require a chest X-ray if you’re in the hospital or emergency department because of a severe asthma attack. It can help ...

Research from the University of Sheffield analyzed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest x-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.

For example, the radiation dose absorbed from a simple X ray examination such as a chest X ray (radiograph) or an X ray of the skull, abdomen, pelvic region, arms, shoulder or knees is quite low and ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed a significant link between the frequency of chest x-ray referrals from GPs and earlier diagnosis and improved survival rates for lung cancer patients. Records of ...

Most AI diagnostic tools are black boxes, but the approach allows doctors and patients to understand how the computer reached a diagnosis. Artificial intelligence can scan a chest X-ray and ...

It’s over a century since X-rays were discovered and first allowed doctors to look inside a living human body. Today, the NHS carries out more than 22 million a year in England alone, and ...