Tag Archive for 'Chest CT'

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Image credit: NIAID-RML.

Chest CT Scans Reliable for COVID-19 Diagnosis, Limited for Identification of Specific Viruses

Mar 5, 2020 by News Staff

Radiologists from Wuhan, China found that chest CT had a low rate of missed diagnosis of COVID-19 (3.9%, 2/51) and may be useful as a standard method for...

Chest CT Has High Sensitivity for Diagnosis of COVID-19, Scientists Say

Mar 4, 2020 by News Staff

Chest CT, a routine imaging tool for pneumonia diagnosis, had higher sensitivity for diagnosis of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease as compared with initial...