Time Course of Lung Changes at Chest CT during Recovery from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 295; no. 3; pp. 715 - 721
• Main Authors: Pan, Feng, Ye, Tianhe, Sun, Peng, Gui, Shan, Liang, Bo, Li, Lingli, Zheng, Dandan, Wang, Jiazheng, Hesketh, Richard L., Yang, Lian, Zheng, Chuansheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; Coronavirus Infections - virology; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Lung - pathology; Lung - virology; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Radiography, Thoracic - methods; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Background Chest CT is used to assess the severity of lung involvement in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Purpose To determine the changes in chest CT findings associated with COVID-19 from initial diagnosis until patient recovery. Materials and Methods This retrospective review included patien...