15. • Caliber coronal diameter is
25mm for males and 21mm for
females
• Para tracheal stripe<5mm
• Azygos vein<10mm
• Carina angle:60-75degree.
16. Heart
• Size
• Shape
Transverse cardiac
diameter:<14.5cm in females
and <15.5cm in males. An
increase of 1.5 cm is significant
Cardiothoracic ratio<50%
17. mediastinum
• Right superior mediastinal
shadow formed by SVC and
innominate vessels.
• Left superior mediastinal
shadow formed by the
subclavian artery
• Ant junction line
• Post junction line
• Thymus
• Paraspinal lines 10 mm on
the left and 3mm on the
right
18. Ant and post junction lines
• Ant junction line
• Parietal and visceral pleurae
meeting
anteromedially.oblique course
• Post juction line.formed by
posteromedial surfaces of the
pleurae of the upper lobes post
to oesophagus
26. Hila
• Contain the following structures
• The inferior pulmonary ligament
• The pulmonary vessels
• The bronchial vessels
• the bronchi
• The lymphatic system
• The lymph nodes
36. Interpretation of lateral film
• The clear spaces
• Retrosternal space
• Retrotracheal space
• Vertebral translucency
• Diaphragm outline
• The fissures
• The trachea
• The sternum
49. Paired inspiratory and expiratory
• Demonstrate air trapping and diaphragm
movements.
• Very important in diagnosis of inhaled foreign
body in children.