Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This page contains medical information for clinicians on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19, also called 2019-nCoV and now clinically SARS‐CoV‐2). This section includes articles on medical imaging of the virus for radiologists, new technologies being deployed to fight the virus and clinical information from various sources. Here are direct links for medical professionals to COVID-19 resources from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Daily world-wide statistics on the coronavirus outbreak are available from the WHO Situations Reports. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) for healthcare providers regarding Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other services related to the COVID-19

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Chest X-rays Show More Severe COVID-19 in Non-white Patients

July 20, 2020 — Racial/ethnic minority patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 infection are more likely to have ...

Time July 20, 2020
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A new report from the RSNA COVID-19 Task Force addresses the impact of the epidemic on private radiology practices
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Radiology Practices Struggle to Survive Amid COVID-19

July 17, 2020 — Private radiology practices have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the steps they ...

Time July 17, 2020
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This data represents wave 3 of a QuickPoLL survey conducted in partnership with an imagePRO panel created by The MarkeTech Group (TMTG), regarding the effects of COVID-19 on their business
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Imaging Volumes Continue to Improve Post COVID-19 Closures

Imaging volumes in hospitals and practices previously slowed by the coronavirus pandemic continue to improve, according ...

Time July 15, 2020
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Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted software was used to identify inflammatory tissues in lung and automatically segment inflammatory lesions. Three-dimensional image shows regions of COVID-19 pneumonia in lung through AI postprocessing. Image courtesy of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CT of Coronavirus Disease Versus CT of Influenza Virus Pneumonia

July 10, 2020 — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in computed ...

Time July 10, 2020
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A lung CT of a COVID-19 patient, showing ground-glass opacities in the lung from COVID pneumonia. Image courtesy of John Kim.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Free Web-based Lung and COVID-19 Imaging Data Management System Offered by PenRad

July 9, 2020 — With increased lung CT exam paradigms being used in the current COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, and an ...

Time July 09, 2020
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World's largest radiation oncology meeting will offer full conference on interactive platform October 25-28, 2020
News | ASTRO
ASTRO to Host Virtual Annual Meeting in October

July 9, 2020 — Registration opens today for the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 62nd Annual Meeting ...

Time July 09, 2020
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Signs for "Heroes work here" outside healthcare facilities and even the homes of clinicians have popped up across the country. This photo shows healthcare workers at the Lenox Health emergency room entrance being greeted to cheers and thanks for their essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City at a public thank you event May 21, 2020.
Blog | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Pandemic’s Toll on Radiology

Radiology, like all the departments in hospitals and clinics, has undergone significant changes since early-2020, namely ...

Time July 08, 2020
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 Many patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unresponsive after surviving critical illness. Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) now describe a patient with severe COVID-19 who, despite prolonged unresponsiveness and structural brain abnormalities, demonstrated functionally intact brain connections and weeks later he recovered the ability to follow commands
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Functional MRI Provides Encouraging Results in Unresponsive COVID-19 Patient

July 8, 2020 — Many patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unresponsive after surviving ...

Time July 08, 2020
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Industry leaders to research the growing importance of point-of-care ultrasound in COVID-19 care
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Fujifilm Sonosite and EMF Partner in the Battle Against COVID-19

July 2, 2020 —Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. and the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ...

Time July 02, 2020
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This data represents wave 2 of a QuickPoLL survey conducted in partnership with an imagePRO panel created by The MarkeTech Group (TMTG), regarding the effects of COVID-19 on their business
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
The Continued Impact of COVID-19 on the Imaging Industry

New QuickPoLL survey results are available on how radiologists feel about current business and the impact of COVID-19 ...

Time July 01, 2020
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DiA’s new AI-based LVivo RV enables rapid assessment of right ventricle dysfunction in COVID-19 patients, while LVivo Bladder supports clinicians with automated bladder volume analysis to minimize scan time and risk of infection
News | Artificial Intelligence
DiA Granted FDA Approvals for New COVID-19-related AI Solutions

June 30, 2020 — DiA Imaging Analysis, a leading provider of advanced AI-based solutions for ultrasound analysis ...

Time June 30, 2020
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Thoracic findings in a 15-year-old girl with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). (a) Chest radiograph on admission shows mild perihilar bronchial wall cuffing. (b) Chest radiograph on the third day of admission demonstrates extensive airspace opacification with a mid and lower zone predominance. (c, d) Contrast-enhanced axial CT chest of the thorax at day 3 shows areas of ground-glass opacification (GGO) and dense airspace consolidation with air bronchograms. (c) This conformed to a mosai
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
New Study Looks at Post-COVID-19 Emerging Disease in Children

June 26, 2020 — In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with ...

Time June 26, 2020
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Case abstraction study period was from 10 March to 7 April 2020. Follow-up of abstracted cases was until 7 May 2020.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
MSK Researchers Find That Common Cancer Treatments Don't Worsen Coronavirus Infection

June 25, 2020 — The characterization of COVID-19 in patients with cancer remains limited in published studies and ...

Time June 25, 2020
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The American College of Radiology (ACR) Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) is pleased to announce the development of the COVID-19 Imaging Research Registry (CIRR), an effort by the ACR CRI and the ACR Data Science Institute in collaboration with the ACR and the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR). Sharyn Katz, M.D., director of research for thoracic radiology at the University of Pennsylvania, chairs the effort’s multiple-disciplinary steering committee, which includes representation from across the i
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ACR Announces COVID-19 Imaging Research Registry

June 25, 2020 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) is pleased to announce ...

Time June 25, 2020
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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the RSNA COVID-19 AI Task Force today announced the launch of the RSNA International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database (RICORD). RICORD is envisioned as the largest open database of anonymized COVID-19 medical images in the world.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Launches International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database

June 25, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the RSNA COVID-19 AI Task Force today announced the ...

Time June 25, 2020
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he FDA launched the first “FDA Insight” podcast, featuring FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., and FDA Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs Anand Shah, M.D., discussing FDA's COVID-19 efforts, including the drug development process for a COVID-19 treatment.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FDA Launches "FDA Insight" Podcast Featuring FDA Commissioner

June 25, 2020 — The FDA launched the first “FDA Insight” podcast, featuring FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., and FDA ...

Time June 25, 2020
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Members of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) shared their concerns, insights and predictions with their Society to help in understanding the needs of radiologists during and following the global pandemic.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Members Share Insights and Outlooks on COVID-19

June 24, 2020 — Members of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) shared their concerns, insights and ...

Time June 24, 2020
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Signs for "Heroes work here" outside healthcare facilities and even the homes of clinicians have popped up across the country. This photo shows healthcare workers at the Lenox Health emergency room entrance being greeted to cheers and thanks for their essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City at a public thank you event May 21, 2020.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
High Levels of Distress Reported During Height of COVID-19

June 24, 2020 — During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, health care workers on the front lines had ...

Time June 24, 2020
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Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Food and Drug Administration
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FDA Keeps on Track With Medical Product Application Goals

June 23, 2020 — On June 23, 2020, Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, released a statement regarding ...

Time June 23, 2020
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Researchers from five infectious disease hospitals across four districts in Guangzhou, China found that the less pulmonary consolidation on chest CT, the greater the possibility of negative initial reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results for 21 patients (nine men, 12 women; age range, 26–90 years)
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Chest CT Can Distinguish Negative From Positive Lab Results for COVID-19

June 18, 2020 — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article exploring the diagnostic value of chest ...

Time June 18, 2020
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