Added Value of Dual-Energy CT in COVID-19 Pneumopathy

Louis Deprez; Yves-Gauthier Boulanger; Julien Guiot

doi:10.5334/jbsr.2598

Added Value of Dual-Energy CT in COVID-19 Pneumopathy

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2021 Oct 21;105(1):62. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2598. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Louis Deprez^{1

2}, Yves-Gauthier Boulanger¹, Julien Guiot³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, CHU de Liège, Liège, BE.
² Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
³ Department of Pneumology, CHU de Liège, Liège, BE.

Abstract

Teaching point: The use of dual-energy instead of conventional single-energy computed tomography pulmonary angiogram can provide additional value concerning the diagnosis of COVID-19 and its complications, especially in the detection of small pulmonary embolism.

Keywords: COVID-19; Chest; Dual-energy Scanner; Infectious Diseases; Pneumonia; Pulmonary Embolism; Viral.

Publication types

Case Reports