CT Imaging Features of Patients Infected with 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Abstract

Novel coronavirus pneumonia is an acute, infectious pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus infection. Computed tomographic (CT) imaging is one of the main methods to screen and diagnose patients with this disease. Here, the importance and clinical value of chest CT examination in the diagnosis of COVID-19 is expounded, and the pulmonary CT findings of COVID-19 patients in different stages are briefly summarized, thus providing a reference document for the CT diagnosis of COVID-19 patients.

Keywords

• chest ct images
• covid-19
• diagnosis stages
• novel coronavirus pneumonia