TY - JOUR AU - Kalfaoglu, Melike Elif AU - Dagistan, Emine PY - 2023/05/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Assessment of the effectiveness of low-dose chest computed tomography in the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia JF - Journal of Bionic Memory JA - J Bionic Mem VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://jbionicmemory.com/index.php/jbm/article/view/37 SP - 15-22 AB - <p><strong>Aim:</strong>  To determine whether low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) imaging protocol is appropriate in terms of technical success and radiation safety, by comparing it with standard protocols in terms of reaching diagnosis and X-ray exposure. Additionally, to investigate radiation dose criteria in patients undergoing CT scan for COVID-19.<strong><br /></strong><strong>Method</strong><strong>:</strong> CT scans of 149 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 2022 and March 2023 were analyzed. Patients were randomly assigned to either a standard protocol or a low-dose protocol. Factors such as technical success, diagnostic accuracy, exposure dose and side effects were analyzed.<strong><br />Results:</strong> A statistically significant difference was found between low-dose and standard-dose CT scans for tube current-time product (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001), CTDI (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001), DLP (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001), effective dose (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001). , and cancer risk (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001).<strong><br />Conclusion:</strong> The low-dose CT protocol in COVID-19 patients yields similar results to standard protocols in terms of technical success and diagnostic accuracy, while significantly reducing exposure dose. Therefore, the use of low-dose protocol can be considered as an option to reduce the radiation dose that patients are exposed to.</p> ER -