["Lines and stripes" in chest x-ray]
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Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Adults: Image Acquisition
Published on: March 3, 2023
Okka W Hamer1,2
1Kardiopulmonale Bildgebung, Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93042, Regensburg, Deutschland. okka.hamer@ukr.de.
Clinical Issue:
Chest x‑ray is a projection technique which reduces a three-dimensional body to a two-dimensional image. Inevitably, this leads to loss of information. Hence, it is much more difficult to determine anatomy and pathology in chest ray than in computed tomography.
Performance:
The so-called "lines and stripes" are prominent landmarks. Knowledge of these lines and stripes eases interpretation of chest x‑rays.
Achievements:
This review describes anatomy and normal morphology of all relevant lines and stripes and gives differential diagnoses in case of pathologic morphology.
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