Parikh, Kush V.
Mathew, Timothy J.
Article History
Received: 13 April 2023
Accepted: 19 October 2023
First Online: 28 November 2023
Declarations
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: The original study from which the CT scans of COVID−19, bacterial pneumonia, and healthy patients were analyzed states that Institutional Review Board approvals were obtained from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital and Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, West China Hospital, Nanjing Renmin Hospital, Yichang Central People’s Hospital, and the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University. The study specifies that the work was conducted in accordance with the Chinese CDC policy on reportable infectious diseases and the Chinese Health and Quarantine Law, and was adherent to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The original study from which the clinical factors for COVID-19 and pneumonia patients were analyzed states that the study was approved by the ethics committee of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS). The database from which the clinical factors for healthy patients were analyzed declares that all data was collected and held in accordance with the policies of the Privacy Protection Authority and with the guidelines of the Government Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority directed by the Israel National Digital Agency. All methods were carried out in accordance with BioMed Central guidelines. Written informed consent was obtained from all the subjects whose CT scans or clinical factors were analyzed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.