Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) CT Findings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Radiology Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 701 - 709
• Main Authors: Bao, Cuiping, Liu, Xuehuan, Zhang, Han, Li, Yiming, Liu, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2020; American College of Radiology
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; COVID-19; CT imaging findings; Female; ground glass opacities; Humans; Male; meta-analysis; Pandemics - statistics & numerical data; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Radiography, Thoracic - methods; SARS-CoV-2; Sensitivity and Specificity; thin-section chest CT; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - statistics & numerical data; COVID-19; meta-analysis; CT imaging findings; thin-section chest CT; ground glass opacities

To date, considerable knowledge gaps remain regarding the chest CT imaging features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of results from published studies to date to provide a summary of evidence on detection of COVID-19 by chest CT and the expec...