ABSTRACT On 31 December 2019, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, and caused the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). To date, computed tomography (CT) findings have been recommended as major evidence for the clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 in Hubei, China. This review focuses on the imaging characteristics and changes throughout the disease course in patients with COVID-19 in order to provide some help for clinicians. Typical CT findings included bilateral ground-glass opacity, pulmonary consolidation, and prominent distribution in the posterior and peripheral parts of the lungs. This review also provides a comparison between COVID-19 and other diseases that have similar CT findings. Since most patients with COVID-19 infection share typical imaging features, radiological examinations have an irreplaceable role in screening, diagnosis and monitoring treatment effects in clinical practice.
【저자키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus disease 2019, Diagnosis, Computed tomography, ground-glass opacity, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus, Infection, China, Characteristics, Features, outbreak, Lungs, Wuhan, distribution, Clinical diagnosis, change, consolidation, Clinical practice, Evidence, Clinicians, acute respiratory syndrome, CT findings, help, Course, caused, the disease, provide, CT finding, diagnosis and monitoring, other disease, patients with COVID-19, radiological examination, treatment effect, Typical, 【제목키워드】 feature,