1) • Identification: • Name • Date • Supine or erect

2) quality: rotation, penetration (intervertebral spaces through the heart shadow), Inspiration (when the 8-9th posterior rib is visible or 6th anterior rib)
-Hyperinflation – > 9 posterior ribs
-Poor inspiration – < 8 posterior ribs

3) white:
-soft tissue
-bones
-heart (size, shape, position)

4) black structures
-Trachea and bronchi
-Lungs – Size – Compare 3 lung fields – Hilum and vascular structure (» Size » Shape » Density)
- Stomach bell

5) Other structures
– Diaphragm
– Costrophrenic angles and pleura
– Mediastinal structures