Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

Covid Coronavirus

New CT scoring criteria can shorten time to diagnosis, treatment of COVID-19

Incorporating lung lobe involvement and changes in computed tomography findings into the scoring framework can help clinicians make a timlier diagnosis for patients with the new virus.

March 31, 2020

Age-dependent chest CT findings can inform COVID-19 treatment strategies

Middle-aged and elderly patients had a higher number of lesions on their chest images, along with more severe lung abnormalities, compared to those younger than 18 years old.

March 26, 2020
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Many patients have COVID-19 lung abnormalities at discharge; follow-up imaging may be necessary

More than 90% of individuals with the new virus still had lingering irregularities on their CT scans when they left the hospital, experts wrote recently in Radiology.

March 20, 2020
Covid coronavirus

COVID-19 recoveries: The evolution of CT abnormalities from onset to discharge

A group of Chinese physicians tracked lung abnormality changes in five patients from hospital admission to discharge, sharing their findings in the Korean Journal of Radiology.

March 19, 2020
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CT spots COVID-19 lung abnormalities in Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers

The results shouldn't encourage physicians to use the modality for screening patients, but authors said its sensitivity is "unquestionable" and use "encouraged" in specific situations.

March 18, 2020
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ACR offers radiologists guidance on handling coronavirus—WHO labels it a global pandemic

The American College of Radiology offered up imaging suggestions for healthcare facilities and said efforts required to eliminate contamination in exam rooms could lead to "substantial problems for patient care."

March 11, 2020

Chest x-ray used to analyze first US patient with coronavirus

Washington state researchers detailed their use of radiography in a recent case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

March 6, 2020

Chest x-ray may overlook coronavirus cases apparent on CT

Radiologists should "become familiar" with the CT findings of COVID-19 and the shortcoming of chest radiographs when evaluating potential cases, researchers wrote in the Korean Journal of Radiology.

March 4, 2020