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Editorial
. 2020 Aug;30(8):4356-4357.
doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06809-6. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Recommendation of low-dose CT in the detection and management of COVID-2019

Zhen Kang  1 , Xu Li  1 , Shuchang Zhou  2
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Editorial

Recommendation of low-dose CT in the detection and management of COVID-2019

Zhen Kang et al. Eur Radiol. 2020 Aug.
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The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.

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COVID-2019 pneumonia was diagnosed in two adults of similar height, body size, and age, with typical CT manifestation of ground-glass opacification in the peripheral zone. Excellent image quality is obtained both in low-dose protocol (a) and standard-dose protocol (b)
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