Tang L, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang XY, Zeng XC, Song B. COVID-19: A review of what radiologists need to know. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(22): 5501-5512 [PMID: 33344540 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i22.5501]
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Bin Song, MD, Chief Physician, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China. songlab_radiology@163.com
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World J Clin Cases. Nov 26, 2020; 8(22): 5501-5512 Published online Nov 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i22.5501
COVID-19: A review of what radiologists need to know
Lei Tang, Yi Wang, Yun Zhang, Xiao-Yong Zhang, Xian-Chun Zeng, Bin Song
Lei Tang, Yi Wang, Yun Zhang, Bin Song, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Lei Tang, Xiao-Yong Zhang, Xian-Chun Zeng, Department of Radiology, Guizhou Provincial People’s Hospital, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Medical Imaging Analysis and Accurate Diagnosis of Guizhou Province, International Exemplary Cooperation Base of Precision Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, Guiyang 550002, Guizhou Province, China
Author contributions: Tang L and Wang Y contributed equally to this paper; Tang L and Wang Y wrote the paper; Zhang Y and Zhang XY collected the data; Zeng XC revised and proofread the paper; Song B conceived, constructed and refined the paper; All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported byThe Guiyang Science and Technology Project, China, No. ZKXM[2020]41.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Zeng XC has received research funding from Guiyang Science and Technology Project, China, No. ZKXM[2020]41.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Bin Song, MD, Chief Physician, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China. songlab_radiology@163.com
Received: May 5, 2020 Peer-review started: May 5, 2020 First decision: September 14, 2020 Revised: September 21, 2020 Accepted: October 12, 2020 Article in press: October 12, 2020 Published online: November 26, 2020 Processing time: 204 Days and 3.2 Hours
Abstract
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.
Core Tip: Viral nucleic acid testing is the gold standard of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), while 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. Combining imaging manifestations with the epidemiology, etiology, pathology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, laboratory examinations and pathogen test is required for a radiologist to make an early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia and monitor the course of disease. We herein elaborate on what radiologists need to know about COVID-19.
