The findings from a chest X-ray and lung scan are typically reviewed and interpreted by a radiologist, a medical doctor specialized in imaging techniques. They analyze the images for abnormalities and provide a detailed report to the referring physician, who then discusses the results with the patient. In some cases, pulmonologists may also review these scans to correlate findings with clinical symptoms and manage respiratory conditions.
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A cardiologist is a heart specialist and a pulmonologist is a chest/lung doctor.
I am not in the medical field. But if a lung collapses it means that there is air getting between the lung and the chest cavity creating pressure against the lung. A tube placed in the chest wall will relieve the pressure there. When the lung fills with air it pushes the air out of the tube. Then you can block the tube to give the chest cavity back the slight vacuum it had before. That is why your chest expands when you breate in. I hope this is right and I am not stepping on any toes out there.
Chest cavity
Air in the chest (Thorax) causes the lung to collapse. This can be spontaneous or after chest injuries
chest/lung area
Literally "air in the thorax", or air in the chest (where it shouldn't be) When air leaks anywhere in the space between your lung and chest wall (normally filled with slippery fluid) it increases the pressure around your lung, and pushes on your lung. This leads to your lung collapsing in on itself, because the pressure required for it to inflate is much smaller than the one keeping it deflated. Usually, you only get a fraction of your lung truly collapsed.
This stops air from entering the chest cavity, and prevents collapsing the lung.