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

The Philips Lumify point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system assessing a patient in the emergency room combined with telehealth to enable real-time collaboration with other physicians.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FDA Clears Philips Ultrasound Portfolio to Image COVID-19 Related Lung and Cardiac Complications

May 26, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ...

Time May 26, 2020
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An example of DiA'a automated ejection fraction AI software on the GE vScan POCUS system at RSNA 2019.
News | Ultrasound Imaging
DiA Imaging Analysis Receives Grant to Accelerate Access Ultrasound AI in Fight Against COVID-19

May 12, 2020 — DiA Imaging Analysis, a provider of AI based ultrasound analysis solutions, said it received a government ...

Time May 26, 2020
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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that its 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, previously scheduled to be held Nov. 29 – Dec. 4, 2020, at McCormick Place in Chicago, will be held as an all-virtual event Nov. 29 – Dec. 5.
News | RSNA
RSNA Annual Meeting Goes Virtual for 2020

May 26, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that its 106th Scientific Assembly and ...

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 Recently the versatility of mixed and augmented reality products has come to the forefront of the news, with an Imperial led project at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Doctors have been wearing the Microsoft Hololens headsets whilst working on the front lines of the COVID pandemic, to aid them in their care for their patients. IDTechEx have previously researched this market area in its report “Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality 2020-2030: Forecasts, Markets and Technologies”, which predicts th
News | Artificial Intelligence
Mixed Reality in a Time of COVID-19

May 22, 2020 — Recently the versatility of mixed and augmented reality products has come to the forefront of the news ...

Time May 22, 2020
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Lymphocytic Inflammation in a Lung from a Patient Who Died from Covid-19. The gross appearance of a lung from a patient who died from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is shown in Panel A (the scale bar corresponds to 1 cm). The histopathological examination, shown in Panel B, revealed interstitial and perivascular predominantly lymphocytic pneumonia with multifocal endothelialitis (hematoxylin–eosin staining; the scale bar corresponds to 200 μm).
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Lungs of Deceased COVID-19 Patients Show Distinctive Features

May 22, 2020 — In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), senior author Steven J. Mentzer, M.D ...

Time May 22, 2020
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Despite facing challenges such as limited access to personal protective equipment (PPE) following the COVID-19 outbreak, radiation oncology clinics quickly implemented safety and process enhancements that allowed them to continue caring for cancer patients, according to a new national survey from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ASTRO Survey Finds Fewer Patient Visits Despite Enhanced COVID-19 Safety Measures

May 21, 2020 — Despite facing challenges such as limited access to personal protective equipment (PPE) following the ...

Time May 21, 2020
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Remote reading of imaging studies on home picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) workstations can contribute to social distancing, protect vulnerable radiologists and others in the hospital, and ensure seamless interpretation capabilities in emergency scenarios, according to an open-access article published ahead-of-print by the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).
News | PACS
Work-from-Home PACS Enables Social Distancing During Pandemic

May 21, 2020 — Remote reading of imaging studies on home picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) workstations ...

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Extends access of AI software that supports chest imaging, including CT and X-ray, to U.S. radiologists at over 7,000 healthcare facilities
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RADLogics’ AI-Powered Applications Supporting the Evaluation of COVID-19 Patients are Now Available on Nuance AI Marketplace

May 21, 2020 — RADLogics announced that its AI-powered medical imaging applications designed to assist in the detection ...

Time May 21, 2020
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Actionable insight “beyond the diagnosis” enables health researchers to better understand COVID-19 progression, intervention effectiveness, and impacts on healthcare system
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Change Healthcare Launches COVID-19 Analytics Service

May 20, 2020 — Change Healthcare introduced Market Insights: COVID-19 Analytic Data Sets, an online COVID-19 research ...

Time May 20, 2020
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Butterfly iQ devices provide revolutionary portable ultrasound capabilities for faster and easier screening and monitoring
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Atrium Health and Butterfly Network Partner for Innovation in Medical Imaging During COVID-19

May 20, 2020 —Atrium Health is one of the first major health systems in the nation to put into wide practice a new point ...

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Examples of chest CT images of COVID-19 (+) patients and visualization of features correlated to COVID-19 positivity. For each pair of images, the left image is a CT image showing the segmented lung used as input for the CNN (convolutional neural network algorithm) model trained on CT images only, and the right image shows the heatmap of pixels that the CNN model classified as having SARS-CoV-2 infection (red indicates higher probability). (a) A 51-year-old female with fever and history of exposure to SARS-
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Mount Sinai First in U.S. to Use AI to Analyze Coronavirus Patients

May 19, 2020 — Mount Sinai researchers are the first in the country to use artificial intelligence (AI) combined with ...

Time May 19, 2020
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World’s largest deployment of a radiology-based AI diagnostic solution for COVID-19 using AI-based chest X-ray technology
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Behold.ai Partners with Apollo Hospitals Group for Rapid COVID-19 Diagnosis

May 18, 2020 — Behold.ai announced its partnership with Apollo Radiology International, part of the Apollo Hospitals ...

Time May 18, 2020
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Radiologists from Shanghai discuss modifying exam process and disinfecting exam room, while outlining personal protection measures during the coronavirus disease outbreak
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 Infection Control, Radiographer Protection in CT Exam Areas

May 18, 2020 — In an open-access article published ahead-of-print by the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), a team ...

Time May 18, 2020
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In a new study to help oncologists address the challenges COVID-19-positive lung cancer patients present, a team of global lung cancer specialists published a review of lung cancer treatments for patients with COVID-19
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Treatment Guidance for Lung Cancer Patients During COVID-19

May 18, 2020 — Lung cancer patients are at heightened risk for COVID-19 and the reported high mortality rate among lung ...

Time May 18, 2020
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Chest radiograph of a 23-year-old male with no past medical history who tested positive for COVID-19 via RT-PCR and was subsequently discharged from the emergency department with home care and isolation precautions. Portable CXR shows right and left peripheral lower lung zone hazy opacities; total score=2
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Chest X-rays in the ER Can Help Predict Severity of COVID-19 in Younger Patients

May 15, 2020 — Chest X-rays performed on young and middle-aged adults with COVID-19 when they arrive at the emergency ...

Time May 15, 2020
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COVID-19 patient CT scan showing numerous ground glass lesions associated with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.
Podcast | Teleradiology
PODCAST: Use of Teleradiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

John Kim, M.D., chairman, Department of Radiology, THR Presbyterian Plano, Texas, and chief technology officer at Texas ...

Time May 13, 2020
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Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Telehealth—A Technology-Based Weapon in the War Against the Coronavirus, 2020, finds that the demand for telehealth technology is expected to rise dramatically as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the practice of medicine and the delivery of healthcare worldwide.
News | Teleradiology
Telehealth to Experience Massive Growth Due to COVID-19

May 13, 2020 — Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Telehealth—A Technology-Based Weapon in the War Against the ...

Time May 13, 2020
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Axial (A) and coronal (B) CT of the abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast in a 57-year-old man with a high clinical suspicion for bowel ischemia. There was generalized small bowel distension and segmental thickening (arrows), with adjacent mesenteric congestion (thin arrow in B), and a small volume of ascites (* in B). Findings are nonspecific but suggestive of early ischemia or infection.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Imaging Reveals Bowel Abnormalities in Patients with COVID-19

May 11, 2020 — Patients with COVID-19 can have bowel abnormalities, including ischemia, according to a new study ...

Time May 11, 2020
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is fully operating and continues to lead, conduct and support cancer research across the nation to advance scientific knowledge and help all people live longer, healthier lives, according to an editorial by Janet Eary, M.D., and Lalitha Shankar, M.D., Ph.D., published today in the journal Radiology: Imaging Cancer.
News | Radiation Oncology
NCI Cancer Imaging Issues COVID-19 Update

May 8, 2020 — During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is fully operating and continues to lead ...

Time May 08, 2020
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Medsphere is offering comprehensive information for radiologists and other medical professionals on its website during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a detailed "cheat sheet" on the CARES Act.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CARES Act Cheat Sheet Available for Healthcare Professionals

May 8, 2020 — Medsphere is offering comprehensive information for radiologists and other medical professionals on its ...

Time May 08, 2020
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