Tocilizumab effects in COVID-19 pneumonia: role of CT texture analysis in quantitative assessment of response to therapy.

Giorgio Maria MasciFranco IafrateFabio CiccarelliGiacomo PambianchiValeria PanebiancoPatrizia PasculliMaria Rosa CiardiClaudio Maria MastroianniPaolo RicciCarlo CatalanoMarco Francone

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2021)

Our results suggest the potential role of CT texture analysis for assessing response to treatment in COVID-19 pneumonia, using Tocilizumab, as compared to semiquantitative evaluation, providing insight into the intrinsic parenchymal changes.

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