This is a video of my 6-month-old son getting a chest X-ray at a medical clinic. He was placed in a pediatric immobilizer (often called a “piggostat”) to help keep him still during the scan, but he ...

A chest X-ray can usually detect active tuberculosis (TB) but not latent TB. In either case, you’ll need a sputum test to confirm a diagnosis. Doctors often use chest X-rays to help diagnose active ...

X-rays can help doctors identify TB infections. They look for specific characteristics in these images to make a diagnosis. TB is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it ...