Teleradiology services provider USARad has launched a COVID-19 screening program.
Through this initiative, a network of chest CT-trained radiologists will use artificial intelligence algorithms to provide screening diagnostics for the disease and consult with other medical specialists, including pulmonologists and infectious disease experts. The COVID-19 screening program is in partnership with Medical Diagnostic Web (MDW.io), which connects hundreds of radiologists for various conditions and diagnoses.
USARad also recently signed a joint distribution deal with Israel-based Nanox to bring 3,000 Nanox digital x-ray systems to the U.S. Once cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the companies plan to ship the mobile devices to high-risk areas to provide screening and lower the risk of coronavirus transmission.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
