Medical imaging of pulmonary disease in SARS-CoV-2-exposed non-human primates.
Trends Mol Med
; 28(2): 123-142, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1586964
ABSTRACT
Chest X-ray (CXR), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) are noninvasive imaging techniques widely used in human and veterinary pulmonary research and medicine. These techniques have recently been applied in studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-exposed non-human primates (NHPs) to complement virological assessments with meaningful translational readouts of lung disease. Our review of the literature indicates that medical imaging of SARS-CoV-2-exposed NHPs enables high-resolution qualitative and quantitative characterization of disease otherwise clinically invisible and potentially provides user-independent and unbiased evaluation of medical countermeasures (MCMs). However, we also found high variability in image acquisition and analysis protocols among studies. These findings uncover an urgent need to improve standardization and ensure direct comparability across studies.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Trends Mol Med
Journal subject:
Molecular Biology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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