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.

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The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2020 annual meeting has been reimagined, and is now the SNMMI 2020 Annual Meeting — Virtual Edition
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 30, 2020
SNMMI the Latest Event to Turn Virtual
April 30, 2020 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2020 annual meeting has been reimagined, and...
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According to a press statement released by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), the organization has made the difficult, but necessary and responsible decision, to cancel its in-person 2020 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. This decision was based on continued travel restrictions issued by SIIM's member medical institutions and corporate partners, as well as the desire to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. SIIM joins the growing list of industry conferences going virtual due to the coronavi
News | SIIM | April 28, 2020
SIIM 2020 Goes Virtual
April 28, 2020 — According to a press statement released by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), the...
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Dual and multi-energy CT market to reach $2.6 Bn by 2029, ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to offer potential growth avenues
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | April 28, 2020
Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic Offers Potential Growth Avenues to Dual and Multi-Energy CT Market
April 28, 2020 — Expanding patient pool suffering from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and dental and orthopedic...
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Zegami, the Oxford University data visualization spin-out, has announced it has written to the health ministers of ten countries asking them to provide X-rays of COVID-19 infected lungs.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 27, 2020
Oxford University Spin-out Begins Search for 10,000 X-rays to Help Predict Outcome for COVID-19
April 27, 2020 — Zegami, the Oxford University data visualization spin-out, has announced it has written to the health...
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In response to the need for critical care during the COVID-19 crisis, Carestream Health has increased production of its portable diagnostic imaging systems. As unlikely facilities begin to function as urgent care units, Carestream’s DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System and DRX-Revolution Nano Mobile X-ray System bring the X-ray exam to the patient’s bedside, delivering high-quality digital radiography images to healthcare providers in real time to aid in patient diagnosis—whenever and wherever needed
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 27, 2020
Carestream Increasing Production of Mobile Imaging Systems During Pandemic
April 27, 2020 — In response to the need for critical care during the COVID-19 crisis, Carestream Health has increased...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 24, 2020
FDA Issues New Policy for Imaging Systems During COVID-19
April 24, 2020 — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) plays a critical role in protecting the United...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Pulmonary CT angiography of a 68 year old male. The CT scan was obtained 10 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms and on the day the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit.

Figure 2: Pulmonary CT angiography of a 68 year old male. The CT scan was obtained 10 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms and on the day the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit. Axial CT images (lung windows) (a,b) show peripheral ground-glass opacities (arrow) associated with areas of consolidation in dependent portions of the lung (arrowheads). Interlobular reticulations, bronchiectasis (black arrow) and lung architectural distortion are present. Involvement of the lung volume was estimated to be between 25% and 50%. Coronal CT reformations (mediastinum windows) (c,d) show bilateral lobar and segmental pulmonary embolism (black arrows). Courtesy of RSNA

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 23, 2020
New Research Highlights Blood Clot Dangers of COVID-19
April 23, 2020 — A special report published in the journal Radiology outlines prevention, diagnosis and treatment of...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 A new expert panel consensus statement published simultaneously in the journals Radiology: Imaging Cancer, Chest and the Journal of the American College of Radiology provides guidance to clinicians managing lung cancer screening programs and patients with lung nodules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 23, 2020
Experts Issue Guide on Lung Cancer Screening, Management During COVID-19
April 23, 2020 — A new expert panel consensus statement published simultaneously in the journals Radiology: Imaging...
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News | Teleradiology | April 22, 2020
Survey Reveals Most Medical Practices are Now Using Telehealth Due to COVID-19
April 22, 2020 — As medical practices are struggling with how to continue to serve their patients during the global...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 RADLogics announced new worldwide deployments and installations of the company’s AI-powered solution to support chest computed tomography (CT) imaging for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) patients.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 21, 2020
RADLogics Expands Deployment of AI-Powered Solution to Support Chest Imaging for COVID-19 Patients
April 21, 2020 — RADLogics announced new worldwide deployments and installations of the company’s AI-powered solution...
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CMS Offers Recommendations on Reopening Healthcare in Areas of Low COVID-19 Cases. This is part of the Guidelines for Opening Up America Again. #COVID19 #coronavirus #SARScov2

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
CMS Offers Recommendations on Reopening Healthcare in Areas of Low COVID-19 Cases
April 20, 2020 — As the United States continues to face the unprecedented public health emergency from the COVID-19...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Ambient clinical intelligence solution helps clinicians reduce administrative burden, increase patient throughput, and document care from anywhere
News | Teleradiology | April 20, 2020
Nuance Launches Dragon Ambient eXperience for Telehealth
April 20, 2020 — Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) solution for...
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Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 18, 2020
VIDEO: COVID-19 Precautions for Cardiac Imaging
Stephen Bloom, M.D., FASNC, director of noninvasive cardiology (cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography) at...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 OneOncology says clinical trial accruals increase in the face of COVID-19
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 17, 2020
Clinical Trial Accruals Have Increased in the Face of COVID-19
April 17, 2020 — OneOncology, the national partnership of independent community oncologists, said today that enrolling...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Ikonopedia is providing web-based training and installation to help customer base leverage efficiency gains to handle anticipated patient volumes post COVID-19
News | Women's Health | April 17, 2020
Ikonopedia Completes Remote Cloud-Based Implementation at Marshfield Clinic
April 17, 2020 — Ikonopedia announced the completion of an implementation of its structured breast reporting and risk...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 According to the 10 authors from multiple institutions across the US who reviewed the most frequently cited studies on the subject: 'Test performance and management issues arise when inappropriate and potentially overreaching conclusions regarding the diagnostic performance of CT for COVID-19 pneumonia are based on low-quality studies with biased cohorts, confounding variables, and faulty design characteristics.

According to the 10 authors from multiple institutions across the US who reviewed the most frequently cited studies on the subject: 'Test performance and management issues arise when inappropriate and potentially overreaching conclusions regarding the diagnostic performance of CT for COVID-19 pneumonia are based on low-quality studies with biased cohorts, confounding variables, and faulty design characteristics. Image courtesy of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 17, 2020
A Review of Studies Cautions Against Chest CT for Coronavirus Diagnosis
April 17, 2020 — To date, the radiology literature on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia has consisted of limited...
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Academic medical center leverages Philips tele-ICU technology to enhance clinician experience and help improve outcomes for ICU patients in Kentucky
News | Teleradiology | April 15, 2020
Philips Teams with UK HealthCare to Power eICU Clinical Command Center
April 15, 2020 — Philips and UK HealthCare, the clinical enterprise of the University of Kentucky, announced a...
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News | Artificial Intelligence | April 15, 2020
behold.ai gets CE Mark Approval for its AI-based chest X-ray diagnosis technology
April 15, 2020 — behold.ai has been issued with a CE Mark Class lla certification in the U..K and EU for its AI-based...
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 U.S. Army Spc. Jonathon Hyde and Spc. Casymn Harrison from the 1434th Engineer Company, Grayling, Mich., Michigan National Guard, prepare patient rooms at TCF Regional Care Center in Detroit in advance of receiving COVID-19 patients, April 9, 2020 #COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2

U.S. Army Spc. Jonathon Hyde and Spc. Casymn Harrison from the 1434th Engineer Company, Grayling, Mich., Michigan National Guard, prepare patient rooms at TCF Regional Care Center in Detroit in advance of receiving COVID-19 patients, April 9, 2020. The TCF Center in Detroit has been converted into a 970-bed alternative care facility for COVID-19 patients by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Michigan National Guard. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson)

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 15, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell
COVID-19 Clinician Update
In an effort to keep the imaging field updated on the latest information being released on coronavirus (COVID-19), the...
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News | X-Ray | April 14, 2020
New Research Finds Chest X-ray Not Reliable Diagnostic Tool for COVID-19
April 14, 2020 — Chest X-rays are often used to detect infections in the lungs, but the world’s largest study of its...
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