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Researchers and physicians review literature to highlight the role of CT in COVID-19 treatment.
Research Collaboration Sheds Light on CT for COVID-19 Treatment Because COVID-19 is a brand-new virus, physicians did not have an established protocol for treating patients as the pandemic began to spread. However, a collaboration between researchers and physicians at the University of Oklahoma and OU Health provides a better understanding of how computed tomography imaging can guide the current and future treatment of COVID-19. Medical imaging researchers in the Gallogly College of Engineering on the OU Norman campus partnered with
a radiologist at OU Health to publish a review article in the journal Experimental Biology and Medicine about CT’s role in determining the severity of the disease and guiding a patient’s course of treatment. OU’s new journal article compiles evidence about CT use among healthcare providers around the world. “One of our research focuses is X-ray imaging,” said the article’s author, Hong Liu, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. “Through this review
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