Targeted early chest CT in COVID-19 outbreaks as diagnostic tool for containment of the pandemic–A multinational opinion

• Amel Amalou,
• Barış Türkbey,
• Tom Sanford,
• Stephanie Harmon,
• Evrim B. Türkbey,
• Sheng Xu,
• Peng An,
• Gianpaolo Carrafiello,
• Maurizio Cariati,
• Francesca Patella,
• Hirofumi Obinata,
• Hitoshi Mori,
• Kaiyuan Sun,
• David J. Spiro,
• Robert Suh,
• Hayet Amalou,
• Bradford J. Wood

Affiliations

Amel Amalou

Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Barış Türkbey

Molecular Imaging Branch, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Tom Sanford

Molecular Imaging Branch, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Stephanie Harmon

Molecular Imaging Branch, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Evrim B. Türkbey

Molecular Imaging Branch and the Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Sheng Xu

Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Peng An

Department of Radiology, Xiangyang First People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine Xiangyang, Hubei, China

Gianpaolo Carrafiello

Department of Radiology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Italy

Maurizio Cariati

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Service, San Paolo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy

Francesca Patella

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Service, San Paolo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy

Hirofumi Obinata

Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Hitoshi Mori

Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kaiyuan Sun

Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

David J. Spiro

Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Robert Suh

Department of Radiology, University of California Los Angeles, California, USA

Hayet Amalou

Department of Radiology, University of California Los Angeles, California, USA

Bradford J. Wood

Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center and National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA