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Lung CT Segmentation to Identify Consolidations and Ground Glass Areas for Quantitative Assesment of SARS-CoV Pneumonia
Published on: December 19, 2020
Unsustainable: COVID-19 Demands Increased Support for Radiologists
Darcy J Wolfman1, Kristin K Porter2, Dianne L Johnson3
1Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 5255 Loughboro Rd, NW, Washingon, DC 20016, United States of America.
Abstract:
Life is sometimes described as a complex tapestry and progress is not linear, but twisted like stitches, contributing to the final fabric. When tension arises, the most recent stitches unravel first. The COVID-19 pandemic is pulling back the thread of humanity's progress. Those disproportionately affected by the pandemic's tension are those whose progress is most recent and, therefore most tenuous, including women in medicine. The profession of radiology, recently acknowledged by practice leaders as experiencing burnout as a very significant problem (Parikh et al., 2020 [1]), is rapidly facing an untenable situation.
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