X-ray of a normal chest

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Image of a normal chest

Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho.

This is a picture of a normal chest X-ray of a woman showing the air-filled spaces of the lungs and the more solid gray shape of the heart. The lungs and heart are normal in size and shape.

Medical Review:Paul D. Traughber, MD - Radiology
Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology
Last Updated: 09/11/2007

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