Open AccessCOVID-19: A review of what radiologists need to know
Author(s) -
Lei Tang,
Yi Wang,
Yun Zhang,
Xiaoyong Zhang,
XianChun Zeng,
Bin Song
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i22.5501
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , differential diagnosis , disease , outbreak , viral pneumonia , coronavirus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , radiography , radiology , pathology
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is spreading throughout the world. Chest radiography and computed tomography play an important role in disease diagnosis, differential diagnosis, severity evaluation, prognosis prediction, therapeutic effects assessment and follow-up of patients with COVID-19. In this review, we summarize knowledge of COVID-19 pneumonia that may help improve the abilities of radiologists to diagnose and evaluate this highly infectious disease, which is essential for epidemic control and preventing new outbreaks in the short term.