Derivation of a high-resolution CT-based, semi-automated radiographic score in tuberculosis and its relationship to bacillary load and antitubercular therapy

Affiliations

• ¹ Wellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa cr.riou@uct.ac.za.
• ² Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ³ C. Riou, E. du Bruyn and G.H.J. Kim contributed equally to this work.
• ⁴ Wellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁵ Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• ⁶ UCLA Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• ⁷ Immunobiology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, UK.
• ¹⁰ The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
• ¹¹ R.J. Wilkinson, B.W. Allwood and J. Goldin contributed equally to this work.
• ¹² Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.