A low-dose chest CT protocol for the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective study.
Seyed Mohammad Hossein TabatabaeiHamidreza TalariAli GholamrezanezhadBagher FarhoodHabibollah RahimiReza RazzaghiNarges MehriHamid RajebiPublished in: Emergency radiology (2020)
According to our study, it was found that proposed low-dose CT chest protocol is reliable in detecting COVID-19 pneumonia in daily practice with significant reduction in radiation dose and estimated cancer risk.
Keyphrases
- low dose
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- randomized controlled trial
- high dose
- contrast enhanced
- primary care
- healthcare
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- physical activity
- respiratory failure
- intensive care unit
- community acquired pneumonia
- quality improvement
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation