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

A chest CT scan of a 79-year-old woman who presented with fever, dry cough, and chest pain for three days. Her husband and daughter-in-law had been recently diagnosed with coronavirus disease. The patient expired 11 days after admission.(Courtesy of Song F, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai, China) #COVID2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV
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Radiology Lessons for Coronavirus From the SARS and MERS Epidemics

February 28, 2020 — The first in a series of medical imaging studies on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was published ...

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AI vendor Infervision's InferRead CT Pneumonia software uses artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis tp improve the overall efficiency of the radiology department. It is being delayed in China as a high sensitivity detection aid for novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). #COVID-19 #COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019-nCoV
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Emerging Technologies Proving Value in Chinese Coronavirus Fight

February 28, 2020 — New healthcare technologies are being implemented in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID ...

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In a study of more than 1,000 patients published in the journal Radiology, chest CT outperformed lab testing in the diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) #COVID19 #COVID-2019 #2019nCoV #COVID-19
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell
CT Provides Best Diagnosis for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

February 26, 2020 — In a study of more than 1,000 patients published in the journal Radiology, chest CT outperformed lab ...

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over the course of a week and a half #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID-2019 #2019nCoV
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Mount Sinai Physicians the First in U.S. Analyzing Lung Disease in Coronavirus Patients from China

February 26, 2020 — Mount Sinai Health System physicians—the first experts in the country to analyze chest computed ...

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An illustration of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from the CDC. #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID-2019 #2019nCoV
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor
CDC Hopes to Buy Time Before Likely Coronavirus Spread in U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is working to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus ...

Time February 25, 2020
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#coronavirus #nCoV2019 #2019nCoV #COVID19
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
NeuroLogica Accelerates Mobile CT Production for Coronavirus Scanning in China

February 25, 2020 — With initial order of 10 mobile BodyTom computed tomography (CT) scanners ordered in China, Samsung ...

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Images in a 41-year-old woman who presented with fever and positive polymerase chain reaction assay for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) #coronavirus #nCoV2019 #2019nCoV #COVID19
News | Radiology Imaging
Coronavirus Update from the FDA

February 24, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave an update on its activities regarding the novel ...

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Chest CT imaging of patient. #coronavirus #nCoV2019 #2019nCoV #COVID19
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
New Research Advocates for Chest CT in COVID-19 Diagnosis

February 19, 2020 — In new research published in the journal Radiology, researchers in China cite the need for computed ...

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Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Pneumonia. #coronavirus #nCoV2019 #2019nCoV #COVID19
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
FDA Statement on Actions in Response to 2019 Novel Coronavirus

February 16, 2020 — The following statement was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 14 ...

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negative RT-PCR results and chest CT findings compatible with 2019-nCoV pneumonia. #coronavirus #nCoV2019 #2019nCoV #COVID19
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
How Radiologists are Analyzing the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic

As the 2019-nCoV Pneumonia is taking the world by storm, researchers have found a possible way to predict this virus ...

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CT image of Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV from the Radiology article showing a baseline CT image of a 75 year old male with multiple patchy areas of pure ground glass opacity (GGO) and GGO with reticular and/or interlobular septal thickening. Follow-up CT images on day 3 after admission show an overlap of organizing pneumonia with diffuse alveolar damage in that it is more diffuse and associated with underlying reticulation. Read more and see 15 more images from novel coronavirus patients in the article.
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT)
Chest CT Findings of Patients Infected With Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Pneumonia 

February 11, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) journal Radiology has published a study from ...

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United Imaging sends CT scanners to China to help fight the Coronavirus epidemic
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
United Imaging Sends Out More than 100 CT Scanners and X-ray Machines to Aid Diagnosis of the Coronavirus

February 7, 2020 — To help front-line physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals diagnose and treat the ...

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Coronovirus eipidemic 2019-nCoV. CT lung imaging from a 41-year-old woman who tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This 3-D reconstruction shows multifocal ground glass opacities without consolidation. Coronavirus medical imaging example. Corona virus CT and nCoV 2019 presentation on CT medical imaging.
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Radiologists Describe Coronavirus CT Imaging Features

February 5, 2020 — In a special report published in the journal Radiology, researchers describe computed tomography (CT) ...

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Infervision’s deep learning medical imaging platform is helping screen patients for the coronavirus in China. It acts as second pair of eyes to identify multiple diseases from one set of chest scans. The artificial intelligence (AI) can provide a complete view of the nodule, including volume and density.
News | Artificial Intelligence
Infervision in the Frontlines Against the Coronavirus

February 4, 2020 — Since January 2020, the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak at Wuhan, China, has attracted a great deal ...

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Figure A: CT scan of a coronavirus from a patient in China showing ground glass lesions in the lungs. Images courtesy of the Radiological Society of North America. For larger images and more details on the scan, view the original article at https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2020200236
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | Dave Fornell, Editor
CT Imaging of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Pneumonia

January 31, 2020 — One of the first imaging studies on the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was published online today as ...

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