Christian Wassipaul, Daria Kifjak, Ruxandra-Iulia Milos, Florian Prayer, Sebastian Roehrich, Melanie Winter, Lucian Beer, Martin L Watzenboeck, Svitlana Pochepnia, Michael Weber, Dietmar Tamandl, Peter Homolka, Wolfgang Birkfellner, Helmut Ringl, Helmut Prosch, Benedikt H Heidinger
OBJECTIVES: To conduct an intrapatient comparison of ultra-low-dose computed tomography (ULDCT) and standard-of-care-dose CT (SDCT) of the chest in terms of the diagnostic accuracy of ULDCT and intrareader agreement in patients with post-COVID conditions. METHODS: We prospectively included 153 consecutive patients with post-COVID-19 conditions. All participants received an SDCT and an additional ULDCT scan of the chest. SDCTs were performed with standard imaging parameters and ULDCTs at a fixed tube voltage of 100 kVp (with tin filtration), 50 ref...
May 9, 2024: European Radiology