Do I need to take off my shirt for a chest X-ray?

There is no need to undress for chest X-ray, because chest X-ray penetrates the body, and wearing clothes will not affect it. However, you can take off the thick coat, and the clothes are decorated with metal, which will affect the chest X-ray detection. If the clothes are metal buttons, you'd better take them off.

If a woman is asked by a doctor to take off a bra with steel rims, she should have a sense of self-protection. She can go to the bathroom, take off her bra and put on her coat, and have a chest X-ray, because only metal can affect it, but clothes can't.

Chest X-ray examination has the largest radiation, and one chest X-ray examination is equivalent to taking 10 X-rays. Half an hour later, the chest X-ray can show that the chromosome aberration rate and micronucleus rate increase after the DNA damage caused by X-ray is wrongly repaired. Therefore, when it is unnecessary, it is recommended to do as little or no chest X-ray examination as possible. If you must have a chest X-ray examination, you need to take corresponding protective measures.