The Differences and Changes of Semi-Quantitative and Quantitative CT Features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia in Patients With or Without Smoking History

• Published in: Frontiers in medicine Vol. 8; p. 663514
• Main Authors: Xie, Xingzhi, Zhong, Zheng, Zhao, Wei, Wu, Shangjie, Liu, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 08.09.2021
• Subjects: cigarette smoke; COVID-19; CT images; interstitial lung changes; Medicine; quantitative CT technique

Objective: To assess CT features of COVID-19 patients with different smoking status using quantitative and semi-quantitative technologies and to investigate changes of CT features in different disease states between the two groups. Methods: 30 COVID-19 patients with current smoking status (29 men, 1...