Letter to Editor in response to Chest CT in COVID-19 patients: Structured vs conventional reporting

Author response to the Letter to Editor on Chest CT in COVID-19 patients: Structured vs conventional reporting

“…We greatly appreciate the interest in our work as well as the keen observations and comments [1,2]. Firstly, we concur (as also already acknowledged in our article) that our results should be confirmed in the context of a quality improvement initiative to make the comparison more balanced and to better simulate real-life clinical practice, as previously done in different settings [3].…”

“…Furthermore, we analyzed reports of unenhanced CT exams required in clinical practice, and therefore vascular findings could not have been considered. Regarding other findings, our SR template allowed for the reporting of ancillary findings which could include those listed in the letter by Aggarwal and Bagri [2].…”