Does Radar Technology Support the Diagnosis of Pneumothorax? PneumoScan—A Diagnostic Point-of-Care Tool

Table 2

Summary of results and patient characteristics with CT scan affirmed PTX.

Pat

Age

Sex

BMI; (kg/m²)

Trauma

Ribfx

Side of PTX; (in CT)

Location of PTX; (in CT)

Size of PTX; (in mm)

Clinical exam

CXR Lodox

Pneumo-Scan

Chest tube

1

72

m

29

Blunt

Right

Right

Ant

10

+

Ø

+

+

3

33

m

22

Blunt

Right

Right

Ant

20

Ø

Ø

Ø

Ø

8

49

m

27

Blunt

Right

Right

Ant and post

24

Ø

Ø

+

Ø

9

43

m

23

Blunt

No

Left

Ant

47

Ø

+

+

+

+: yes/positive; Ø: no/negative; m: male; PTX:  pneumothorax; CT:  computer tomography; ant:  anterior; post:  posterior; size of PTX: major distance between visceral-  and parietal pleura in axial CTscan.