radiography, thoracic

Preferred Label : radiography, thoracic;

MeSH definition : X-ray visualization of the chest and organs of the thoracic cavity. It is not restricted to visualization of the lungs.;

MeSH synonym : thoracic radiographies; thoracic radiography; radiographies, thoracic;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Chest radiograph;

MeSH annotation : GEN only: not a synonym for LUNG /radiogr; only for thoracic when the enclosed organs are not specified or are irrelevant & for THORAX /radiogr; do not use as coord with lung, heart, bronchial, etc. diseases when /radiogr with the specific organ or chest dis is given; /drug eff /rad eff permitted; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; MASS CHEST X-RAY also exists; DF: RADIOGR THORACIC; IM general only; use for thoracic only when the enclosed organs are not specified or are irrelevant; avoid as NIM coordinate with specific region /diag image; instead prefer specific radiographic technique; MASS CHEST X-RAY is also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest radiograph;

Details

Origin ID

D013902;

UMLS CUI

C3665494;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
False automatic mappings
- Thumb X-ray (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- thoracic cavity [MeSH Descriptor]
- thorax [MeSH Descriptor]
Metaterm(s)
- pulmonology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- radiography, thoracic [MeSH concept]
See also
- thorax [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- radiography, thoracic [CISMeF resources Type]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Thoracic cage X-ray (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Thorax X-ray [MedDRA LLT]

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