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

In the STOIC study, readers classified CT exams as COVID positive, COVID negative or normal. The readers had access to the CT scans using a 3D image visualization web application, allowing scrolling through the entire lung volume in the coronal, sagittal or axial transverse plane. The CT scan shown here has been classified as COVID positive due to the presence of bilateral ground glass opacities and absence of features such as mucoid impaction, bronchiolar nodules, segmental, lobar consolidation. RSNA Image
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, Editor
CT Scans Help Predict COVID Outcomes at One Month

In a new study published in Radiology of more than 10,000 patients, researchers found that chest computed tomography (CT ...

Time July 01, 2021
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COVID-19 progression over 4 days in a 28-year-old man. This posteroranterior chest X-ray \ shows bilateral multiple peripheral and lower lobe ground glass opacities (GGOs) shown by the arrows. Image courtesy of Margarita Revzin et al. 
News | Artificial Intelligence
Medical AI Models Rely on 'Shortcuts' That Could Lead to Misdiagnosis of COVID-19

June 24, 2021 — Artificial intelligence promises to be a powerful tool for improving the speed and accuracy of medical ...

Time June 24, 2021
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An example of a COVID-19 pneumonia of a chest CT scan. The COVID appears as white ground glass opacities (GGOs) in the lungs. Normal lungs on CT should appear black.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Announces Funding Program for MIDRC Data Contributors

June 23, 2021 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is inviting proposals from researchers for funding ...

Time June 23, 2021
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While clinician burnout following the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely documented, a recent survey of independent physicians across California, conducted by Altais, in partnership with California Medical Association and Brown & Toland Physicians, indicates that, in California, the news is not all bad
News | Teleradiology
California Physicians Weigh In On Telemedicine

June 18, 2021—While clinician burnout following the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely documented, a recent survey of ...

Time June 18, 2021
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SNMMI's Image of the Year is a detailed depiction of areas of cognitive impairment, neurological symptoms and comparison of impairment over a six-month time frame
News | PET Imaging
SNMMI Image of the Year: PET Imaging Measures Cognitive Impairment in COVID-19 Patients

June 16, 2021 — The effects of COVID-19 on the brain can be accurately measured with positron emission tomography (PET) ...

Time June 16, 2021
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A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of the heart than symptom-based testing, according to a study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine with 12 other Big Ten programs.
News | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac MRI Effective in Detecting Asymptomatic, Symptomatic Myocarditis in Athletes

June 15, 2021 — A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of ...

Time June 15, 2021
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The Town of Burlington, Mass., and Butterfly Network, Inc. are pleased to announce that Butterfly, an innovative digital health company with a mission to democratize access to medical imaging, will build its brand-new corporate headquarters at The District Campus in Burlington.
News | Ultrasound Imaging
Digital Health Company Butterfly Network to Build New Corporate Headquarters

June 8, 2021 — The Town of Burlington, Mass., and Butterfly Network, Inc. are pleased to announce that Butterfly, an ...

Time June 08, 2021
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Kathryn A. Gold, M.D., associate clinical professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, presented data showing an increase in people diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2020 and 2021, compared to 2019.
News | Breast Imaging
Increase in Advanced Breast Cancer Diagnoses During COVID-19 Pandemic

June 8, 2021 — Reporting at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Kathryn A. Gold, M.D ...

Time June 08, 2021
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Chest X-rays used in the COVID-Net study show differing infection extent and opacity in the lungs of COVID-19 patients. Image courtesy of University of Waterloo
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Helping Doctors Manage COVID-19

June 3, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is capable ...

Time June 03, 2021
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Swiftness is essential when treating lung cancer, the second most common type of cancer in the U.S. and the country's leading cause of cancer deaths.
News | Lung Imaging
Delaying Lung Cancer Surgery Associated with Higher Risk of Recurrence, Death

June 1, 2021 — Swiftness is essential when treating lung cancer, the second most common type of cancer in the U.S. and ...

Time June 01, 2021
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Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Xenon MRI Showed Alveolar Capillary Diffusion Limitation in COVID-19 Long-haulers

May 26, 2021 — There are increasing reports of persistent symptoms after a patient recovers from COVID-19, now called ...

Time May 26, 2021
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According to an open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), increased axillary lymph node or ipsilateral deltoid uptake is occasionally observed on FDG or 11C-choline PET performed after Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccination
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Nodal and Deltoid Radiotracer Uptake on Post-COVID-19 Vaccination PET

May 19, 2021 — According to an open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), increased axillary ...

Time May 19, 2021
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The Radiological Society of North American announced that RSNA21 will be back — live — this November in Chicago
News | RSNA
RSNA Annual Meeting Returns to Chicago in 2021

May 17, 2021 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that 10,378 scientific and educational ...

Time May 17, 2021
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS) 2021 Conference, scheduled for August 9-13 in Las Vegas, will be one of the first to take a step back to normalcy
News | HIMSS
HIMSS 2021 to Return in August, Vaccinations Required

May 17, 2021 — It looks like in-person conferences are making a comeback. The Healthcare Information and Management ...

Time May 17, 2021
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Overall Excellence Finalist/Multi-platform Package of the Year for its coverage of the Pandemic’s Toll on Radiology, National
Feature | Imaging Technology News - ITN | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
ITN Brings Home National, Regional Honors

Imaging Technology News (ITN) and its sister publication Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) recently took ...

Time May 17, 2021
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Chest X-ray from patient severely ill from COVID-19, showing (in white patches) infected tissue spread across the lungs. Image courtesy of Nature Publishing or npj Digital Medicine
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
AI Tool Uses Chest X-ray to Differentiate Worst Cases of COVID-19

May 14, 2021 — Trained to see patterns by analyzing thousands of chest X-rays, a computer program predicted with up to ...

Time May 14, 2021
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According to the CDC, if you are fully vaccinated you can start doing many things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. Infographic courtesy of the CDC.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CDC Updates Its Mask Recommendations

May 13, 2021 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a new statement relaxing the ...

Time May 13, 2021
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Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the expected number of deaths for a given place and time, can provide a comprehensive account of mortality likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are both directly and indirectly associated with COVID-19.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CDC Update on Excess Deaths Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 13, 2021 — Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the ...

Time May 13, 2021
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Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
VIDEO: COVID Vaccine Adenopathy Can Last Up to 10 Weeks

Yael Eshet, M.D., MSc, a diagnostic radiology specialist at Sheba Medical Center in Israel, was the lead author on a ...

Time May 11, 2021
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Building the right infrastructure today will ensure the needed tools are there tomorrow, whatever the challenge may be
Feature | Radiology Business | By Tom Cheesewrite in collaboration with Ludger Philippsen
Health Professionals Have to Ask: “What’s Next?”

The COVID-19 pandemic came as a shock, but not a surprise. Sources around the world have been warning for years of a ...

Time May 05, 2021
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