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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

Evolution of CT Findings and Lung Residue in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia: Quantitative Analysis of the Disease with a Computer Automatic Tool.

Roberto Grassi, Salvatore Cappabianca, Fabrizio Urraro, Vincenza Granata, Giuliana Giacobbe, Simona Magliocchetti, Diletta Cozzi, Roberta Fusco, Roberta Galdiero, Carmine Picone and 8 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Roberto GrassiDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Salvatore CappabiancaDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Fabrizio UrraroDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Vincenza GranataRadiology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Giuliana GiacobbeDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Simona MagliocchettiDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Diletta CozziDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7028-9047
Roberta FuscoMedical Oncology Division, Igea SpA, 80013 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0469-9969
Roberta GaldieroRadiology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Carmine PiconeRadiology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Maria Paola BelfioreDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Alfonso ReginelliDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Umberto AtripaldiDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Ornella PicasciaDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Michele CoppolaDiagnostic Imaging Unit, "Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli"-Ospedale Monaldi, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Elio BignardiDiagnostic Imaging Unit, "Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli"-Ospedale Monaldi, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Roberta GrassiDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Vittorio MieleDivision of Radiodiagnostic, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7848-1567

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposethe purpose of this study was to assess the evolution of computed tomography (CT) findings and lung residue in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, via quantified evaluation of the disease, using a computer aided tool. MATERIALS AND

methodswe retrospectively evaluated 341 CT examinations of 140 patients (68 years of median age) infected with COVID-19 (confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)), who were hospitalized, and who received clinical and CT examinations. All CTs were evaluated by two expert radiologists, in consensus, at the same reading session, using a computer-aided tool for quantification of the pulmonary disease. The parameters obtained using the computer tool included the healthy residual parenchyma, ground glass opacity, consolidation, and total lung volume.

resultsstatistically significant differences (

conclusionsa complete disease resolution on chest CT scans was observed in 48.1% of discharged patients using a computer-aided tool to quantify the GGO and consolidation volumes; after 16 days of hospital admission, the abnormalities identified by chest CT began to improve; in particular, the absorption was more obvious after 21 days.

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computed tomographycomputer aided quantificationCOVID-19

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PMID34357108
PMCPMC8305822

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