Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 context

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, imaging methods such as X-Ray and Computed Tomography have stood out as feasible tools for diagnosing and evaluating the disease, especially regarding its lung occurrence in symptomatic patients. However, in the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 showed its effe...

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Main Authors: Yago Viana Pinto, Rodrigo Modesto Gadelha Gontijo, Andréa Vidal Ferreira
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Language:English
Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2022-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
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Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/2060
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description Since the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, imaging methods such as X-Ray and Computed Tomography have stood out as feasible tools for diagnosing and evaluating the disease, especially regarding its lung occurrence in symptomatic patients. However, in the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 showed its effects in other tissues such as heart, brain and veins, triggering inflammatory processes. Thus, other imaging methods such as Positron Emission Tomography-Computer Tomography (PET-CT) and Magnetic Resonance have shown to be good sources of information about the location and intensity of the inflammation. This article reviews some of these imaging methods, its findings, feasibilities, advantages and limitations for COVID-19 diagnostic and evaluating.
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spelling doaj-art-90eec2511d844f5cb276a73fe2bdc2a22025-08-20T03:27:52ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122022-12-0110411610.15392/2319-0612.2022.20601678Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 contextYago Viana Pinto0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5432-4145Rodrigo Modesto Gadelha Gontijo1Andréa Vidal Ferreira2Centro de Desenvolvimento de Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN / CNEN)Federal University of Minas GeraisCentro de Desenvolvimento de Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN/CNEN)Since the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, imaging methods such as X-Ray and Computed Tomography have stood out as feasible tools for diagnosing and evaluating the disease, especially regarding its lung occurrence in symptomatic patients. However, in the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 showed its effects in other tissues such as heart, brain and veins, triggering inflammatory processes. Thus, other imaging methods such as Positron Emission Tomography-Computer Tomography (PET-CT) and Magnetic Resonance have shown to be good sources of information about the location and intensity of the inflammation. This article reviews some of these imaging methods, its findings, feasibilities, advantages and limitations for COVID-19 diagnostic and evaluating.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/2060covid-19diagnostic imagingradiology
spellingShingle Yago Viana Pinto
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title Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 context
title_full Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 context
title_fullStr Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 context
title_full_unstemmed Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 context
title_short Medical imaging technologies applied to the COVID-19 context
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