RADIOLOGY

OF THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
ADNAN M
LUTHFY ATTAMIMI
DEPART OF RADIOLOGY
MED FAC UNHAS
 THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
(= CHEST)

RADIOLOGY OF THE :

 LUNG PARENCHYME
 PLEURA
 DIAPHRAGM
 MEDIASTINUM (TUMORS)
ANATOMY - 1
LUNGS : LOBES & SEGMENS
ANATOMY - 2
ANATOMY- 3
ACINUS-PATCHIES
 RADIOLOGICAL METHODS OF
INVESTIGATION
1. PLAIN FILM / CHEST X-RAYS
2. CT SCAN
3. MRI
4. ULTRASONOGRAPHY (USG)
5. NUCLEAR MEDICINE
6. ARTERIOGRAPHY
7. MCS ( = MASS CHEST SURVEY )
8. TOMOGRAPHY
9. FLUOROSCOPHY
10. BRONCHOGRAPHY
  CHEST X-RAYS : VIEWS

 POSTEROANTERIOR ( PA )  ROUTINE
 LEFT / RIGHT LATERAL (LL/RL)
 RIGHT / LEFT ANTERIOR OBLIQUES (RAO/LAO)
 RIGHT / LEFT LATERAL DECUBITUS (RLD/LLD)
 TOP LORDOTIK
 POSTERO-ANTERIOR (PA) VIEW
 LEFT LATERAL VIEW
 RIGHT LATERAL VIEW
 CHEST : LAO VIEW
 CHEST: RAO VIEW
 RIGHT / LEFT LATERAL DECUBITUS

RLD LLD

DBD/DHF
 TOP LORDOTIC VIEW
 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYC SCAN
( CT SCAN )
CT SCAN
CT SCAN
 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
( MRI )
 ULTRASONOGRAPY ( USG )
 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
 TOMOGRAPHY

BASIC DEVOLOVEMENT OF CT
 MASS CHEST SURVEY (MCS)
 FLUOROSCOPY
 BRONCHOGRAPHY
 BRONCHOGRAPHY
 NORMAL CHEST
PARENCHYME : RADIOLUCENT
NORMAL CHEST
PLEURA : INVISIBLE
A1
A2
HILAR : LEFT < RIGHT
T1
T2

DTI DIAPHRAGM : RIGHT > LEFT

CIP
L
SINUS PHRENICO COSTALIS <
NORMAL CHEST
 RADIOGRAPHS of the THORAX
PA (POSTEROANTERIOR) LATERAL
NORMAL CHEST – PA VIEW
NORMAL CHEST – LAT. VIEW
 NORMAL CHEST RADIOGRAPHY

EVALUATION :

SOFT TISSUE
LUNGS
HEART
SINUS
HILA
MEDIASTINUM
DIAFRAGMA & PLEURA
RIBS
 DISEASES OF THE LUNG PARENCHYME
INFLAMMATORY
LUNG ABSCESS
ATELECTASIS
LUNG EDEMA
EMPHYSEMA
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
BRONCHIECTASIS
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OF THE NEW BORN
(RDN)
LUNG TUMORS