The RACOON viral pneumonia score for structured reporting of pre-existing, acute, and post-pneumonic findings on chest CT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The multi-dimensional RACOON Viral Pneumonia Score (RVPS) was developed to compensate for the main weaknesses of the established one-dimensional chest computed tomography (CT) scores. It aimed to quantify the severity of pneumonia and qualitatively monitor infectious lung disease from the acute stage to post-pneumonic sequelae.

Objectives

This research focuses on the original development and evaluation of applicability and inter-reader reliability of the RVPS.

Methods

Within the Radiological Cooperative Network (RACOON), the scoring system was developed after several expert meetings and tested in this proof-of-concept study with 8,525 observations. In the subset of inter-reader validation (7,800 observations), eight blinded radiologists applied the RVPS and

SUBMITTER: Persigehl T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12325055 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature