What abnormal results mean:

In the lungs:

• Collapsed lung
• Collection of fluid around the lung
• Lung cancer
• Lung tumor
• Malformation of the blood vessels
• Pneumonia
• Scarring of lung tissue
• Tuberculosis

In the heart:

• Size and shape of the heart determined
• Position and shape of the large arteries

In the bones:

• Fractures of ribs and spine
• Osteoporosis
• Other abnormalities in the ribs and spine

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• Achalasia
• Acute bronchitis
• Acute MI
• Acute mountain sickness
• Acute pulmonary eosinophilia (Loeffler syndrome)
• Adult Stillâ ' s disease
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
• Anthrax
• Aortic dissection
• Aortic insufficiency
• Aortic stenosis
• ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome)
• Asbestosis
• Aspergillosis
• Aspiration pneumonia
• Atelectasis
• Atrial myxoma
• Atrial septal defect
• Atypical mycobacterial infection
• Atypical pneumonia
• Blastomycosis
• Breast cancer
• Bronchial adenoma
• Bronchial asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Byssinosis (cotton dust)
• Caplan syndrome
• Cardiac tamponade
• Cerebral abscess
• Chronic bronchitis
• Chronic glomerulonephritis
• CMV pneumonitis
• Coal workers pneumoconiosis
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Coccidioidomycosis; acute (primary) pulmonary
• Coccidioidomycosis; chronic pulmonary
• Coccidioidomycosis; disseminated
• Diaphragmatic hernia
• Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Disseminated tuberculosis (infectious)
• Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
• Drug-induced pulmonary disease
• Echinococcus
• Emphysema
• Empyema
• Goodpasture syndrome
• Heart failure
• Histoplasmosis; acute (primary) pulmonary
• Histoplasmosis; chronic pulmonary
• Histoplasmosis; disseminated
• Hodgkinâ ' s lymphoma
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Hypertensive heart disease
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism; primary
• Hypothyroidism; secondary
• Idiopathic cardiomyopathy
• Idiopathic diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
• Industrial bronchitis
• Infective endocarditis
• Inhalation anthrax
• Ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Left-sided heart failure
• Legionnaireâ ' s disease
• Lyme disease, secondary
• Malignant hypertension (arteriolar nephrosclerosis)
• Meningitis
• Mesothelioma (benign-fibrous)
• Mesothelioma (malignant)
• Metastatic brain tumor
• Metastatic cancer to the lung
• Metastatic pleural tumor
• Mitral regurgitation; acute
• Mitral regurgitation; chronic
• Mitral stenosis
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Mycoplasma pneumonia
• Myocarditis
• Necrotizing vasculitis
• Neuroblastoma
• Neurosarcoidosis
• Non-Hodgkinâ ' s lymphoma
• Occupational asthma
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Pericarditis
• Pericarditis; bacterial
• Pericarditis; post-MI
• Peripartum cardiomyopathy
• Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
• Pneumonia in immunocompromised host
• Pneumonia with lung abscess
• Premature infant
• Primary alveolar hypoventilation
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary actinomycosis
• Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
• Pulmonary aspergilloma (mycetoma)
• Pulmonary aspergillosis; allergic bronchopulmonary type
• Pulmonary aspergillosis; invasive
• Pulmonary edema
• Pulmonary embolus
• Pulmonary histiocytosis x (eosinophilic granuloma)
• Pulmonary nocardiosis
• Pulmonary valve stenosis
• Pulmonary tuberculosis
• Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
• Q fever (early)
• Q fever (late)
• Renal cell carcinoma
• Respiratory distress syndrome (infants)
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Rheumatoid lung disease
• Right-sided heart failure
• Sarcoidosis
• Senile cardiac amyloid
• Silicosis (classical)
• Silicosis (acute)
• Skin lesion of histoplasmosis
• Solitary pulmonary nodule (benign)
• Spontaneous pneumothorax
• SVC obstruction
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
• Tension pneumothorax
• Testicular cancer
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
• Transposition of the great vessels
• Traumatic pneumothorax
• Ventricular septal defect
• Viral pneumonia
• Wegenerâ ' s granulomatosis
• Wilms tumor