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Use Of Chest Ct To Diagnose Covid-19, Ryan Gilgallon
Use Of Chest Ct To Diagnose Covid-19, Ryan Gilgallon
Student Research Poster Presentations 2021
Use of Computed Tomography (CT) to Diagnose COVID-19
Ryan Gilgallon
Dr. Elaine Halesey, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(QM)
This project explains COVID-19 and the role Computed Tomography (CT) can play in diagnosing patients who have infections. General equipment used, symptoms, findings and abnormalities, methods of early detection, rates of misdiagnosis, advantages of CT, and a case study are also discussed. COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China and rapidly spread throughout the world being transmitted from human to human, affecting the respiratory system. The most common findings in this project consisted of ground-glass opacities (GGO), fibrous stripes, interlobular septal thickening, and consolidation. Computed Tomography is …