of the Chest Wall
Fig. 1 Normal variant of clavicles in a 15-year-old boy with fever of unknown origin. a Chest radiograph; close-up view of upper median aspect shows irregular sclerosis of right medial clavicular…
Fig. 1 Normal variant of clavicles in a 15-year-old boy with fever of unknown origin. a Chest radiograph; close-up view of upper median aspect shows irregular sclerosis of right medial clavicular…
Fig. 1 Normal anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph in a neonate. Symmetrically inflated lungs are seen with sharp costophrenic angles. The configuration of the cardiothymic silhouette is normal Fig. 2 Thymic wave sign….
Fig. 1 Transverse US scan of the right side shows several comet tails adjacent to the diaphragm (arrows), indicative of normal aerated lung Fig. 2 “Seashore sign” produced by lung motion, seen…
Slice thickness 1 mm Interval 10 mm (in premature infants we may use 5 mm) 15–20 mm (in follow-up controls) kVp <30 kg 90 ≥30 kg 100–120 mAs <30 kg 25–40 ≥30 kg 25 Seconds 0.6–1.0 FOV 15–40…
Fig. 1 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). A frontal CXR demonstrates a large pericardial effusion and a small left pleural effusion in an 8-year-old boy with JIA 2.2 Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Scleroderma…
Fig. 1 Diagram of a lateral view of the chest showing the three mediastinal compartments and the anatomic structures they contain. A Anterior compartment, M Medium compartment, and P Posterior compartment…
Fig. 1 Automatic exposure control with MDCT. Lateral topogram (scout view) for thoracoabdominal CT in a 6-year-old child. The curve represents the automatically adapted milliampere-seconds value as a function of z-axis…
Fig. 1 Histology of the thymus. a The thymus of an infant viewed under low-power microscopy shows the lobulated appearance as well as the clear delineation between cortex and medulla. b…
Weight (kg) Tube current (mAs) Insp./exp. Kilovoltage (kV) <10 40/20 80 10–14 50/25 80 15–24 60/30 80 25–34 70/35 80 35–44 80/40 80 45–54 90/40 90 55–70 100–120/40 100–120 Reprinted…
Standard chest CT (‘combiscan’) Scan mode Helical Indication CVS anomalies Strictures and small tracheobronchial stenoses Peripheral airways disease Tracheomalacia Tumors and metastases Congenital lung abnormalities Anatomic coverage Thoracic inlet to…