A critical step in the fight against COVID-19 is effective screening of infected patients, so that those infected can receive immediate treatment and care, as well as can be isolated to prevent the spread of the virus
RT-PCR testing is the gold standard for testing COVID-19 . It is not easily available , time-consuming, laborious .
Though chest radiograph will not replace RT PCR for confirmation of COVID 19 infection, the early interpretation of the chest radiograph will aid in triaging the patient so that they may be appropriately managed and those with unfavourable chest radiographs get managed expeditiously .
As the number of radiographs mount and there is a shortage of trained radiologists AI would help in diagnosis and triaging of the patients.
We are at present evaluating an AI software which has been sent to us for evaluation of chest radiographs in patients suspected to have COVID and would share our experience during this talk .
Priscilla Joshi
Dr Priscilla Joshi is an alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College. After doing her MBBS in 1981 she did her MD in Radiodiagnosis from the BJ Medical College Pune in 1985 and served in the Army Medical Corps for 15 years. She subsequently worked as a Senior consultant in Radiology at the Gangaram Hospital Delhi, Hinduja Hospital Mumbai and Jehangir Hospital Pune. She is presently working as Professor and Head, Dept of Radiodiagnosis at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College Pune.
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Priscilla Joshi
