From community-acquired pneumonia to COVID-19: a deep learning-based method for quantitative analysis of COVID-19 on thick-section CT scans.

Journal: European radiology
Published Date:

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop a fully automated AI system to quantitatively assess the disease severity and disease progression of COVID-19 using thick-section chest CT images.

Authors

  • Zhang Li
    College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.
  • Zheng Zhong
    Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Changsha City, Changsha, China.
  • Yang Li
    Occupation of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
  • Tianyu Zhang
    State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Liangxin Gao
    Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd, China.
  • Dakai Jin
  • Yue Sun
    Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China.
  • Xianghua Ye
    Department of Radiotherapy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China.
  • Li Yu
    Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. ylmlt@sdu.edu.cn.
  • Zheyu Hu
    Hunan Cancer Hospital, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya Medical School, Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Jing Xiao
    Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(CACMS), Beijing, China.
  • Lingyun Huang
    PingAn Technology, Shenzhen, China. huanglingyun691@pingan.com.cn.
  • Yuling Tang
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha City, Changsha, China. tyl71523@qq.com.