Skip to main content

Predicting the COVID-19 Patients Status Using Chest CT Scan Findings: A Risk Assessment Model Based on Decision Tree Analysis

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Application of Omic Techniques to Identify New Biomarkers and Drug Targets for COVID-19

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Kanne JP (2020) Chest CT Findings in 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infections from Wuhan, China: Key Points for the Radiologist. Radiology 295(1):16–17

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Cardona-Ospina JA, Gutierrez-Ocampo E, et al (2020) Clinical, laboratory and imaging features of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Travel Med Infect Dis 34:101623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101623

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. World Health Organization; WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19%2D%2D-11-march-2020

  4. Insider; A CDC graph shows just how different the Omicron wave is compared to previous COVID-19 surges. https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-graph-shows-difference-between-omicron-variant-previous-coronavirus-surges-2022-1?r=US&IR=T. Accessed October 18, 2022

  5. Worldometer; COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic; Coronavirus cases. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus

  6. Muniz-Rodriguez K, Fung IC-H, Ferdosi SR, et al (2020) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Potential, Iran, 2020. Emerg Infect Dis 26(8):1915–1917

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Musa S (2020) Hepatic and gastrointestinal involvement in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): What do we know till now? Arab J Gastroenterol 21(1):3–8

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  8. Boettler T, Newsome PN, Mondelli MU, et al (2020) Care of patients with liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: EASL-ESCMID position paper. HEP Rep 2(3):100113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2020.100113

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Matthay MA, Zemans RL, Zimmerman GA, et al (2019) Acute respiratory distress syndrome. Nat Rev Dis Primers 5(1):18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0069-0

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  10. Kim H (2020) Outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19): What is the role of radiologists? Eur Radiol 30(6):3266–3267

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  11. Bhat R, Hamid A, Kunin JR, et al (2020) Chest Imaging in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection – A Case Series. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 49(4):294–301

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  12. Jafari R, Ashtari S, Pourhoseingholi MA, et al (2021) Identification, Monitoring, and Prediction of Disease Severity in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia Based on Chest Computed Tomography Scans: A Retrospective Study. Adv Exp Med Biol 1321, 265–275.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Song YY, Lu Y (2015) Decision tree methods: applications for classification and prediction. Shanghai Arch Psychiatry 27(2):130–135

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  14. Zimmerman RK, Balasubramani GK, Nowalk MP, et al (2016) Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis to predict influenza in primary care patients. BMC Infect Dis 16(1):503. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1839-x

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  15. World Health Organization. Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected: interim guidance. Published January 28, 2020. https://www.who.int/publications-detail/clinical-managementof-severe-acute-respiratory-infection-when-novelcoronavirus-(ncov)-infection-is-suspected. Accessed January 31, 2020

  16. Schoen K, Horvat N, Guerreiro NFC, et al (2019) Spectrum of clinical and radiographic findings in patients with diagnosis of H1N1 and correlation with clinical severity. BMC Infect Dis 19(1):964. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4592-0

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  17. Hansell DM, Bankier AA, MacMahon H, et al (2008) Fleischner Society: glossary of terms for thoracic imaging. Radiology 246(3):697–722

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Chang YC, Yu CJ, Chang SC, et al (2005) Pulmonary sequelae in convalescent patients after severe acute respiratory syndrome: evaluation with thin-section CT. Radiology 236(3):1067–1075

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Ricciardi C, Cantoni V, Improta G, et al (2020) Application of data mining in a cohort of Italian subjects undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging at an academic medical center. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 189:105343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105343

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. Pérez-Guaita D, Quintás G, Kuligowski J (2020) Discriminant analysis and feature selection in mass spectrometry imaging using constrained repeated random sampling-Cross validation (CORRS-CV). Analytica Chimica Acta 1097:30–36

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. Mishra A, Basumallick S, Lu A, et al (2021) The healthier healthcare management models for COVID-19. J Infect Public Health 14(7):927–937

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  22. Salehi S, Abedi A, Balakrishnan S, et al (2020) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review of Imaging Findings in 919 Patients. Am J Roentgenol 215(1):87–93

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Taylor EH, Marson EJ, Elhadi M, et al (2021) Factors associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anaesthesia 76(9):1224–1232

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  24. Shi C, Wang L, Ye J, et al (2021) Predictors of mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis 21(1):663. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06369-0

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  25. Kouhpayeh H (2022) Clinical features predicting COVID-19 mortality risk. Eur J Transl Myol 32(2):10268. https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2022.10268

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  26. Liu W, Tao ZW, Wang L, et al (2020) Analysis of factors associated with disease outcomes in hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus disease. Chin Med J 133(9):1032–1038

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  27. Albtoush OM, Al-Shdefat RB, Al-Akaileh A (2020) Chest CT Scan Features from 302 patients with COVID-19 in Jordan. Eur J Radiol Open 7:100295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100295

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, et al (2020) Chest CT features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: key points for radiologists. Radiol Med 125(7):636–646

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  29. Yoon SH, Lee KH, Kim JY, et al (2020) Chest radiographic and CT findings of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): analysis of nine patients treated in Korea. Korean J Radiol 21(4):494–500

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  30. Franquet T (2011) Imaging of pulmonary viral pneumonia. Radiology 260(1):18–39

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  31. Koo HJ, Lim S, Choe J, et al (2018) Radiographic and CT Features of Viral Pneumonia. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 38(3):719–739

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  32. Li K, Wu J, Wu F, et al (2020) The Clinical and Chest CT Features Associated With Severe and Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia. Invest Radiol 55(6):327–531

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Li L, Qin L, Xu Z, et al (2020) Artificial Intelligence Distinguishes COVID-19 from Community Acquired Pneumonia on Chest CT. Radiology 20090. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200905

  34. Pourhoseingholi A, Vahedi M, Chaibakhsh S, et al (2021) Deep Learning Analysis in Prediction of COVID-19 Infection Status Using Chest CT Scan Features. Adv Exp Med Biol 1327:139–147

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  35. Arru C, Ebrahimian S, Falaschi Z, et al (2021) Comparison of deep learning, radiomics and subjective assessment of chest CT findings in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Clin Imaging 80:58–66

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  36. Sahebkar A, Abbasifard M, Chaibakhsh S, et al (2022) A Deep Learning Approach to Identify Chest Computed Tomography Features for Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Outcomes. Methods Mol Biol 2511:395–404

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  37. Lassau N, Ammari S, Chouzenoux E, et al (2021) Integrating deep learning CT-scan model, biological and clinical variables to predict severity of COVID-19 patients. Nat Commun 12(1):634. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20657-4

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  38. Weikert T, Rapaka S, Grbic S, et al (2021) Prediction of Patient Management in COVID-19 Using Deep Learning-Based Fully Automated Extraction of Cardiothoracic CT Metrics and Laboratory Findings. Korean J Radiol 22(6):994–1004

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  39. Safont B, Tarraso J, Rodriguez-Borja E, et al (2022) Lung Function, Radiological Findings and Biomarkers of Fibrogenesis in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients Six Months After Hospital Discharge. Arch Bronconeumol 58(2):142–149

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  40. Jafari M, Akbari M, Navidkia M, et al (2022) Comparison of clinical, radiological and laboratory findings in discharged and dead patients with COVID-19. Vacunas 23:S36–S43

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  41. Esposito A, Palmisano A, Scotti GM, et al (2020) Why is chest CT important for early diagnosis of COVID-19? Prevalence matters. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047985

  42. Gempeler A, Griswold DP, Rosseau G, et al (2022) An Umbrella Review With Meta-Analysis of Chest Computed Tomography for Diagnosis of COVID-19: Considerations for Trauma Patient Management. Front Med (Lausanne) 9:900721. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.900721

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  43. Peter H, Mattig E, Guest PC, Bier FF (2022) Lab-on-a-Chip Immunoassay for Prediction of Severe COVID-19 Disease. Methods Mol Biol 2511:235–244

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

An early version of this manuscript was submitted as a preprint and is available at https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-56387/v3. The present version contains updated information.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Keivan Gohari-moghadam .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Talebi, A. et al. (2023). Predicting the COVID-19 Patients Status Using Chest CT Scan Findings: A Risk Assessment Model Based on Decision Tree Analysis. In: Guest , P.C. (eds) Application of Omic Techniques to Identify New Biomarkers and Drug Targets for COVID-19. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 1412. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28012-2_13

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics