Lung ct is better for displaying lung lesions and lesion characteristics, and has a higher detection rate and diagnostic accuracy for lesions.
Lung ct has now become the main means of examination of respiratory diseases, MSCT low radiation dose scanning can be very good screening for lung cancer, and its accuracy and detection rate are significantly higher than that of chest X-ray film. For hidden lesions behind the heart shadow and in the posterior rib-diaphragm angle that cannot be shown clearly by chest X-ray, CT can also show them more clearly.
In addition, the dynamic enhancement scan of CT can show the blood supply of the lesion well, which is very helpful for the identification of good and bad lesions.
Chest radiographs have the advantages of being economical and simple, having a strong sense of wholeness and being widely used, and they are the basic means of examination for chest diseases. However, the clarity and detail of the lesions are limited, and subtle or hidden lesions may be missed. Therefore, lung CT is recommended for lung examination.