Chest Imaging - Commentary
Targeted early chest CT in COVID-19 outbreaks as diagnostic tool for containment of the pandemic–A multinational opinion
- 1Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- 2Molecular Imaging Branch, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- 3Syracuse University of New York- Upstate, USA
- 4the Molecular Imaging Branch, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- 5Molecular Imaging Branch and the Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- 6Department of Radiology, Xiangyang First People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine Xiangyang, Hubei, China
- 7Department of Radiology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Italy
- 8Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Service, San Paolo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
- 9Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- 10Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- 11Department of Radiology, University of California Los Angeles, California, USA
Corresponding Author: Amel Amalou — amel.amalou@nih.gov
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