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01-06-2020 | Coronavirus | Editorial

Outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19): What is the role of radiologists?

Author: Hyungjin Kim

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 6/2020

Key Points

• Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)-infected pneumonia usually manifests as bilateral ground-glass opacities in the lung periphery on chest CT scans.

• Role of radiologists includes not only early detection of lung abnormality, but also suggestion of disease severity, potential progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome, and possible bacterial co-infection in hospitalized patients.

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Title: Outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19): What is the role of radiologists?
Author: Hyungjin Kim
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Coronavirus
Artificial Intelligence
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome
Pneumonia
Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome
COVID-19
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-06748-2

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