Submillisievert chest CT in patients with COVID-19 - experiences of a German Level-I center

Submillisievert chest CT in patients with COVID-19 - experiences of a German Level-I center

Purpose: Computed tomography (CT) is used for initial diagnosis and therapy monitoring of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As patients of all ages are affected, radiation dose is a concern. While follow-up CT examinations lead to high cumulative radiation doses, the ALARA principle...

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Main Authors: Christina M. Hamper, Florian Nima Fleckenstein, Laura Büttner, Bernd Hamm, Nadine Thieme, Hans-Martin Thiess, Oriane Scholz, Felix Döllinger, Georg Böning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:European Journal of Radiology Open
Subjects:
COVID-19
Low-dose chest CT
Dose reduction
SARS-CoV2
German Level-I center
Coronavirus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352047720300721

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