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During a chest x-ray, a beam with a small amount of radiation is directed through the chest. The radiation that passes through the body is recorded on film or by a computer. Tissue such as the lungs doesn’t absorb much radiation, and those areas appear darker on the x-ray image. Bones, which absorb a lot of radiation, appear white in the image.
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