• Be familiar with the principle of obstructive lung disease and its plain chest roentgenographic appearance.
• Be familiar with air trapping bronchial obstruction and obstructing lesions in the bronchi of children
• Have an understanding of collapse (atelectasis) of portions of the lung.
• Have an overall understanding and recognition of pneumothorax.Be aware of the tension pneumothorax.
• Be aware of intestinal motility and the value of swallowed air as a clue to physiologic and pathologic deviations.Be able to describe and understand intestinal obstruction.
• Be able to recognize classical cases of obsrtuctive lung lesions and of obstruction.
• Be able to correctly categorize the pulmonary vascularity on a chest x-ray as normal,increased, or decreased.
• Understand and be able to recognize intussusception and pneumoperitoneum.

Radiologic Anatomy Educational Courseware (Optional)

Abdomen

• GI System

Chest

• Heart and Vessels
• Lungs and Pleura