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01-12-2020 | COVID-19 | Commentary

Low-dose CT in COVID-19 outbreak: radiation safety, image wisely, and image gently pledge

Authors: Salar Tofighi, Saeideh Najafi, Sean K. Johnston, Ali Gholamrezanezhad

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 6/2020

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By April 24, 2020, COVID-19, which refers to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, has been spread to almost all countries, contaminated more than 2,600,000 individuals, and led to more than 180,000 deaths worldwide [1]. COVID-19 is caused by a type of coronavirus which infects both animals and human and predominantly involves the respiratory system. The virus was initially introduced to humans from bats in Wuhan, China [2]. Despite the Chinese government initiating the most aggressive disease containment effort in history [3], the disease has rapidly grown to a pandemic. So far in the USA, more than 869,000 have been infected and almost 50,000 died [4] since the first case was recognized on January 20, 2020 [5]. …

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Title: Low-dose CT in COVID-19 outbreak: radiation safety, image wisely, and image gently pledge
Authors: Salar Tofighi
Saeideh Najafi
Sean K. Johnston
Ali Gholamrezanezhad
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-020-01784-3

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