A comparison between manual and artificial intelligence-based automatic positioning in CT imaging for COVID-19 patients.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the imaging workflow, radiation dose, and image quality for COVID-19 patients examined using either the conventional manual positioning (MP) method or an AI-based automatic positioning (AP) method.

Authors

  • Yadong Gang
    Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, NO.169 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
  • Xiongfeng Chen
    Department of Radiology, Puren Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, NO.1 Benxi street, Jianshe 4th Road, Qingshan District, Wuhan, 430080, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
  • Huan Li
    National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease, State Key Laboratory for Organ Failure Research, Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China.
  • Hanlun Wang
    Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, NO.169 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
  • Jianying Li
    CT Research Center, GE Healthcare China, Beijing 100176, China.
  • Ying Guo
    National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
  • Junjie Zeng
    Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, NO.169 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
  • Qiang Hu
    School of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qicngdao 266061, China.
  • Jinxiang Hu
    Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
  • Haibo Xu
    State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.