Accuracy and Reproducibility of Low-Dose Submillisievert Chest CT for the Diagnosis of COVID-19.

Anthony Dangis Christopher Gieraerts Yves De Bruecker Lode Janssen Hanne Valgaeren Dagmar Obbels Marc GillisMarc Van RanstJohan Frans Annick DemeyereRolf Symons

Published in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2020)

Low-dose submillisievert chest CT allows for rapid, accurate, and reproducible assessment of COVID-19 infection in patients in the emergency department, in particular in patients with symptoms lasting longer than 48 hours. Chest CT has the additional advantage of offering alternative diagnoses in a significant subset of patients.© RSNA, 2020.

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