CT scans may be faster than nasal and throat swabs at diagnosing coronavirus, a new study suggests.
Doctors from The Mount Sinai Health System in New York were the first in the US to analyze lung scans of patients in China with the highly contagious disease.
They said they were able to identify specific patterns in the lungs as markers of the virus, also known as COVID-19, as it developed over the course of about two weeks
The researchers say these quicker diagnoses could help keep patients isolated in early stages of the disease, perhaps even before symptoms appear and when it may not show up on other scans such as chest X-rays.
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ReplyDeleteI think this is just happy chat.
You don't expose patients to that kind of a radiation dose on a whim.
More money and more radiation. Just say "NO"
ReplyDeleteWho pays for the scan? They are not cheap.
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