Case Conferences

Central Chest Opacities – CXR

Differentiate between various central chest opacities based on silhouettes and overlay of mediastinal structures (45 min)

Discrete Lung Opacites – CXR

Diffentiate varoius discrete lung opacities, including cavitary lesions, lung metastases, pulmonary nodules, lobar pneumnias and retrocardiac opacities (6 cases, 45 minutes)

Large and Diffuse Opacities – CXR

Differentiate large lung opacities based on the distribution, shift of adjacent structures, and silhouette signs. (5 cases, 40 min)

Lines, Fissures and Silhouettes – CXR

Introduce key concepts of fissures, silhouettes and invasive tubes, lines and devices on CXRs with case-based conference (45 min)

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