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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by raxxorrax on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:26AM (#22533716)
CT for a virus? You can only see that something is inflamed. I mean you can guess the diagnosis, but that doesn't really increases my confidence in testing. If inflammation can be detected, you probably also have symptoms already. That aside, you should limit CTs if possible. And you won't be able to do mass scans anyway. So it is just for specific cases. MRTs could also help and are not as invasive, but maybe they don't show enough.
Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by blywi on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @09:47AM (#22535393)
This Chinese paper compares the sensitivity of diagnosis with chest CT vs RT-PCR:

"In a series of 51 patients with chest CT and RT-PCR assay performed within 3 days, the sensitivity of CT for COVID-19 infection was 98% compared to RT-PCR sensitivity of 71% (p<.001)."

https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2020200432