4DMedical lung imagery sheds more light on 'long COVID' effects

COVIDThe scans by 4DMedical allow physicians to detect areas of high and low lung ventilation using existing equipment in hospitals, said founder and Chief Executive Andreas Fouras.

The ‘four dimensions’ refers to the scan’s ability to measure the phases of breath as it passes into and out of the lungs. “It takes a short video sequence. We use about 20 seconds worth of video sequence of the patient just breathing naturally,” said Fouras. “From that video sequence, we’re able to mathematically calculate the motion and then the airflow everywhere around the lungs.”

The imagery shows evidence of lung damage that cannot be seen on a CT scan or X-ray, said Dr. Ray Casciari, a pulmonologist at the St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, who serves as 4DMedical’s chief clinical adviser.

“They do some pretty ordinary imaging… and then we analyze those images,” Fouras said. “We take that X-ray video, layer our software on top of that and create the scans.”—Reporting by Omar Younis; Editing by Richard Chang

Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

BI to complete COVID-19 inoculation of all personnelThe Bureau of Immigration (BI) has vaccinated half of its personnel and is now expediting the inoculation of the other half.
Source: manilabulletin - 🏆 25. / 51 Read more »

Russia's daily COVID deaths match record highRussia reported 820 COVID-19 fatalities over the past 24 hours and 21,438 new cases.
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Good to back in F1 after COVID positive, Raikkonen saysAlfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen will return for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix in Sochi.
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Good to back in F1 after COVID positive, Raikkonen saysAlfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen will return for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix in Sochi.
Source: ANCALERTS - 🏆 26. / 50 Read more »

No COVID-19 outbreak in St. Luke's, says managementSt. Luke's Medical Center clarified its decision to close some of its wards was not due to a COVID-19 outbreak among its personnel but due to decreased manpower caused by several factors, including the resignation of some staff. No DOH intervention?
Source: CNN Philippines - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

COVID-19 deaths reach 4.7 million worldwideThe United States is the worst-affected country with 681,185 deaths from 42,543,365 cases. So what! People died from starvation much more still Kasi napakaraming ignorante
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »