Communications Medicine (Nov 2022)
Dark-field chest X-ray imaging for the assessment of COVID-19-pneumonia
- Manuela Frank,
- Florian T. Gassert,
- Theresa Urban,
- Konstantin Willer,
- Wolfgang Noichl,
- Rafael Schick,
- Manuel Schultheiss,
- Manuel Viermetz,
- Bernhard Gleich,
- Fabio De Marco,
- Julia Herzen,
- Thomas Koehler,
- Klaus Jürgen Engel,
- Bernhard Renger,
- Felix G. Gassert,
- Andreas Sauter,
- Alexander A. Fingerle,
- Bernhard Haller,
- Marcus R. Makowski,
- Daniela Pfeiffer,
- Franz Pfeiffer
Affiliations
- Manuela Frank
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Florian T. Gassert
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Theresa Urban
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Konstantin Willer
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Wolfgang Noichl
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Rafael Schick
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Manuel Schultheiss
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Manuel Viermetz
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Bernhard Gleich
- Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
- Fabio De Marco
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Julia Herzen
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Thomas Koehler
- Philips Research
- Klaus Jürgen Engel
- Philips Research
- Bernhard Renger
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Felix G. Gassert
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Andreas Sauter
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Alexander A. Fingerle
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Bernhard Haller
- Institute of AI and Informatics in Medicine, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Marcus R. Makowski
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Daniela Pfeiffer
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine & Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich
- Franz Pfeiffer
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00215-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Frank, Gassert et al. use dark-field chest X-ray imaging to assess COVID-19-pneumonia. Dark-field imaging has a higher sensitivity for COVID-19-pneumonia than attenuation-based imaging and provides an ultralow dose alternative to computed tomography imaging for that purpose.
