Analysis of Thoracic CT-Scan Examination in Covid-19 Cases to Get Quantitative Measurements at Fatmawati Hospital

Abstract

CT Toraks has high sensitivity to diagnose Covid-19. This research aims to evaluate the CT Toraks procedure on Covid-19 at Fatmawati Central General Hospital in the year 2020 and giving a quantitative measurement of lung volume using Thoracic VCAR. This research design is quantitative descriptive with study case closure, data collecting and interview was done at Radiology Installation of Fatmawati Central General Hospital on November to December 2020 with ten patients as the research sample, with age range between 25 to 85 years old. The sample took examination data such as patient data, image results, and Radiology Expertise from CT Toraks on Covid-19. The research instrument used are observation paper, software, interview paper, GE’s 128 slice CT-Scan machine, and Advanced Workstation. The data obtained from observation and interviews from the respondent were then processed and analyzed using a comparative method comparing observation results with references from books, journal articles, and the official web. Can conclude the result of this study that toraks CT-Scan examination in Covid-19 cases with a low dose computer tomography toraxs (LDCT Toraxs) protocol produces optimal scanning images, is very helpful in establishing patient diagnoses, determining treatment rooms, screening actions, and treatment evaluation measures. In Covid-19 patients, quantitative measurement with Thoracic VCAR technique determines the degree of involvement of the lungs affected by the Covid-19 virus. The higher the percentage value in the inferior inflated and atelectasis range, the more severe the lung injury and the lower or smaller lung volume quantity.