precautions while using x rays

Jewelry, any metallic pin, button is removed from the field of X ray to avoid interference and improve accuracy of the interpretation. Patients are asked to take a deep breath and hold it during the chest X ray in order to inflate the lungs to their maximum to increase the visibility of different tissues. X rays can be taken from front to back. The chest X ray procedure often involves a view from the back to the front of the body (PA view) as well as a side view (lateral view). Other X rays are taken from front to back of the body (AP view). Occasionally, different angles are considered to interpret certain specific areas.