3D Segmented Lung Models of COVID-19 from CT Data (IMAGE)

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

3D Segmented Lung Models of COVID-19 from CT Data

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An LSU Health New Orleans radiologist and evolutionary anatomist have teamed up to show the same techniques used for research on reptile and bird lungs can be used to help confirm the diagnosis of COVID-19 in patients. Their paper published in BMJ Case Reports demonstrates that 3D models are a strikingly clearer method for visually evaluating the distribution of COVID-19-related infection in the respiratory system.

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LSU Health New Orleans

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