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Axial noncontrast chest CT lung window images in a 42-year-old male participant with normal lungs. (A) Normal-dose CT, (B) ultra-low-dose CT (ULDCT), and (C) denoised ULDCT images.

Bilateral interstitial pneumonia, also known as double pneumonia, can happen as a result of a COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection. It affects both lungs and can cause trouble breathing, fatigue, and ...

TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them to small amounts of radiation, a new study says.

Among those who received CT scans, 21% had a false positive after one scan and 33% after two scans. For those who received chest X-rays, 9% had a false positive after one and 15% had a false ...

Long-term CT abnormalities were common up to 1 year after COVID-19 pneumonia in a study published in Radiology.Researchers performed a secondary analysis of CovILD, a prospective, multicenter ...

Some people recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia have CT evidence of damage to their lungs that persists a ... A.K., et al. (2022) Chest CT of Lung Injury 1 Year after COVID-19 Pneumonia: The CovILD ...

FRIDAY, March 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals who are immunocompromised, denoised ultra-low-dose computed tomography (ULDCT) shows better accuracy than ULDCT for identifying lungs ...