Cross-sectional analysis of follow-up chest MRI and chest CT scans in patients previously affected by COVID-19.
Martina PecoraroStefano CipollariLivia MarchitelliEmanuele MessinaMaurizio Del MonteNicola GaleaMaria Rosa CiardiMarco FranconeCarlo CatalanoValeria PanebiancoPublished in: La Radiologia medica (2021)
The agreement between MRI and CT was overall good. MRI was very sensitive for GGOs, consolidation and interlobular septal thickening and overall specific for most findings. DWI could be a reputable imaging biomarker of inflammatory activity.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- diffusion weighted
- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- cross sectional
- end stage renal disease
- dual energy
- coronavirus disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- sars cov
- image quality
- high resolution
- chronic kidney disease
- positron emission tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- heart failure
- mass spectrometry
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- photodynamic therapy
- atrial fibrillation