Open AccessRadiographic characteristics of asthma
Author(s) -
YuJang Su
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.120602
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , asthma , medical physics , radiology
A novel and interesting observation is that ribs go less sloped in asthma patients' radiograph than non-asthmatics people. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a smaller horizontal curve of the ribs is a special trait on chest radiograph of asthma patients.