Structured reporting of chest CT provides high sensitivity and specificity for early diagnosis of COVID-19 in a clinical routine setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although chest CT has been widely used in patients with COVID-19, its role for early diagnosis of COVID-19 is unclear. We report the diagnostic performance of chest CT using structured reporting in a routine clinical setting during the early phase of the epidemic in Germany.

Methods

Patients with clinical suspicion of COVID-19 and moderate-to-severe symptoms were included in this retrospective study. CTs were performed and reported before RT-PCR results (reference standard) became available. A structured reporting system was used that concluded in a recently described five-grade score ("CO-RADS"), indicating the level of suspicion for pulmonary involvement of COVID-19 from 1 = very low to 5 = very high. Structured reporting was performed by three Radiologists in c

SUBMITTER: Gross A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7774695 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature