Radiografía y tomografía computarizada de tórax

Abstract

Radiology over the years, has managed to develop a science applied in various areas, including health, through the production of diagnostic images, which are obtained through different techniques that serve various medical specialties, techniques how mammography, oral radiology, ultrasound, radiotherapy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, among others, from these are detected, diagnosed and followed up various pathologies; being specific in chest radiography and computed tomography, they are the two most used imaging modalities for different pathologies of respiratory origin, reporting a sensitivity level for chest radiography of 69% and for computed tomography of 97%.