Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;COVID-19 Medical Team (Hubei) of West China Hospital, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Diagn Interv Radiol. 2021 May;27(3):350-353. doi: 10.5152/dir.2021.20740.
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic period, container computed tomography (CT) scanners were developed and used for the first time in China to perform CT examinations for patients with clinically mild to moderate COVID-19 who did not need to be hospitalized for comprehensive treatment, but needed to be isolated in Fangcang shelter hospitals (also known as makeshift hospitals) to receive some supportive treatment. The container CT is a multidetector CT scanner installed within a radiation-protected stand-alone container (a detachable lead shielding room) that is deployed outside the makeshift hospital buildings. The container CT approach provided various medical institutions with the solution not only for rapid CT installation and high adaptability to site environments, but also for significantly minimizing the risk of cross-infection between radiological personnel and patients during CT examination in the pandemic. In this article, we described the typical setup of a container CT and how it worked for chest CT examinations in Wuhan city, the epicenter of COVID-19 outbreak.
在 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，中国首次开发并使用了集装箱式计算机断层扫描（CT）扫描仪，用于对无需住院进行全面治疗但需要在方舱庇护医院（也称为临时医院）进行隔离以接受一些支持性治疗的临床轻度至中度 COVID-19 患者进行 CT 检查。集装箱 CT 是一种安装在辐射防护式独立集装箱（可拆除的铅屏蔽室）内的多排 CT 扫描仪，部署在临时医院建筑物外。集装箱 CT 方法为各医疗机构提供了一种解决方案，不仅可以快速安装 CT，而且非常适应现场环境，还可以显著降低放射科人员和患者在大流行期间进行 CT 检查时交叉感染的风险。在本文中，我们描述了集装箱 CT 的典型设置以及它在 COVID-19 疫情中心武汉市进行胸部 CT 检查的工作原理。
