TY - JOUR
AU - Osmonov, Batyr
AU - Ovchinnikov, Lev
AU - Galazis, Christopher
AU - Emilov, Berik
AU - Karaibragimov, Mustafa
AU - Seitov, Meder
AU - Vesnin, Sergey
AU - Losev, Alexander
AU - Levshinskii, Vladislav
AU - Popov, Illarion
AU - Mustafin, Chingiz
AU - Kasymbekov, Turat
AU - Goryanin, Igor
PY - 2021
DA - February
TI - Passive Microwave Radiometry for the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Lung Complications in Kyrgyzstan
JO - Diagnostics
VL - 11
IS - 2
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11020259
AB - The global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), could be due to limited access to diagnostic tests and equipment. Currently, most diagnoses use the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and chest computed tomography (CT). However, challenges exist with CT use due to infection control, lack of CT availability in low- and middle-income countries, and low RT-PCR sensitivity. Passive microwave radiometry (MWR), a cheap, non-radioactive, and portable technology, has been used for cancer and other diseases’ diagnoses. Here, we tested MWR use first time for the early diagnosis of pulmonary COVID-19 complications in a cross-sectional controlled trial in order to evaluate MWR use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and healthy individuals. We measured the skin and internal temperature using 30 points identified on the body, for both lungs. Pneumonia and lung damage were diagnosed by both CT scan and doctors’ diagnoses (pneumonia+/pneumonia−). COVID-19 was determined by RT-PCR (covid+/covid−). The best MWR results were obtained for the pneumonia−/covid− and pneumonia+/covid+ groups. The study suggests that MWR could be used for diagnosing pneumonia in COVID-19 patients. Since MWR is inexpensive, its use will ease the financial burden for both patients and countries. Clinical Trial Number: NCT04568525.
PB - MDPI
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/3b97d66d-a98a-4c0f-814b-1aec1aeed97a
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER