Abstract
Chest X-ray (CXR), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) are noninvasive imaging techniques widely used in human and veterinary pulmonary research and medicine. These techniques have recently been applied in studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-exposed non-human primates (NHPs) to complement virological assessments with meaningful translational readouts of lung disease. Our review of the literature indicates that medical imaging of SARS-CoV-2-exposed NHPs enables high-resolution qualitative and quantitative characterization of disease otherwise clinically invisible and potentially provides user-independent and unbiased evaluation of medical countermeasures (MCMs). However, we also found high variability in image acquisition and analysis protocols among studies. These findings uncover an urgent need to improve standardization and ensure direct comparability across studies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 123-142 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Trends in Molecular Medicine |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 7 Dec 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.Keywords
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- imaging
- lung
- non-human primate