COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

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Imaging study reveals 'significant deformities' in lungs of some COVID patients

These changes could have long-lasting implications for lung function, authors of the new study warn.

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Even two years after recovery, damage to multiple regions of the brain persists in COVID patients

On imaging some former COVID patients show significant alterations in several parts of the brain related to emotional regulation.

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AI identifies signs of COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images

The deep neural network was trained using over 40,000 patient ultrasound images and computer-generated facsimiles made from real scans.

Medical 3D printing expert Summer Decker, PhD, professor and vice chair for research and innovation, and director of 3D clinical applications, University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, explains what is involved in creating a 3D printiung program in radiology and how it helps patient care.

Pitching the business case for 3D printing labs in radiology

Medical 3D printing expert Summer Decker, PhD, University of South Florida, explains how her lab has helped improve patient care. 

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MRI shows brain ‘leakage’ that may explain cognitive decline from long COVID

A team from Ireland identified disruptions to the integrity of the blood vessels in the brains of patients experiencing brain fog due to the disease.

Deep-learning model able to diagnose COVID-19 from X-rays alone

The model outperformed other AI and was able to diagnose COVID-19 in lungs with greater than 98% accuracy.

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Whole-body MRI scans show organ damage in long COVID patients

A study out of the U.K. may link organ abnormalities to lingering COVID-19 symptoms in previously hospitalized patients.

Video of ASNC President Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, explaining some long-COVID cardiac symptoms might be due to coronary microvascular dysfunction. He was part of a recent study that used PET top assess myocardial perfusion that found there is impaired microvascular flow in long-COVID patients.

PET imaging helps assess coronary microvascular dysfunction in long COVID patients

Researchers noted that patients appeared to have myocarditis at first, but a closer examination revealed it was something else entirely. 

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