When you look at a patient's x-ray, the patient's right lung corresponds to your left hand.

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An x-ray image is a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object. Therefore, when you look at an x-ray image, the right side of the image corresponds to the patient's left side and vice versa. This means that the patient's right lung is on the left side of the x-ray image, which corresponds to your left hand.

When You Look at a Patient's X-Ray, the Patient's Right