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X-Ray of a Normal Chest

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.

By Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Howard Schaff, MD - Diagnostic Radiology
Last Revised July 13, 2010

Last Revised: July 13, 2010

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Howard Schaff, MD - Diagnostic Radiology

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