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Do you know? Lung cancer is difficult to detect, particularly since the early stages often produce no symptoms. For many people, a chest X-ray is the first diagnostic option. However, about half of adults who get a chest X-ray have at least one growth while less than 5 percent of growths are cancerous. 

Although nerve conduction studies are very sensitive for localization, they are not effective for determining chronicity. It is the needle exam or EMG component that can help define whether the deficits are the result of acute and/or chronic injury.

In patients with chest pain there are a number of different possible causes, some of which can be assessed by echocardiography. If artery blockages are suspected the echo-cardiogram may show abnormalities in the walls of the heart supplied by those arteries. These are known as wall motion abnormalities.

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During a CT scan, the objective is that your child is exposed to the smallest amount of radiation necessary to make a diagnosis. The Australian Government through the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) and the health professionals who refer and deliver medical imaging promote the following strategies for minimising radiation exposure in children:

Only use CT when there is a clear medical benefit. Use other diagnostic imaging methods such as ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which do not use X-ray...

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