Atlas of Chest Imaging in COVID-19 Patients

Overview of COVID-19 Pneumonia.- Common CT Features of COVID-19 Pneumonia.- CT Features of Early COVID-19 Pneumonia (PCR-positive).- CT features of intermediate stage of COVID-19 Pneumonia.- CT Features of late stage of COVID-19 Pneumonia.- Chest Features of Severe and Critical Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia.- Role of CT and CT features of Suspected COVID-19 Patients (PCR negative).- Follow-up CT of Patients with First Negative CT but Positive PCR for COVID-19.- Imaging Analysis of Family Clustering.- Residual CT Features in Recovery stage of COVID-19 Pneumonia.

This book presents X-ray and CT findings of patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia in early, progressive, critical, and recover stage. It starts with a general review of CT features of new coronavirus pneumonia. In the following chapters, imaging manifestations in different groups and stages are presented, especially CT findings of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients and those first nucleic tests for the novel coronavirus are negative, but turn positive in one day or two. In addition, imaging and pathological analysis of COVID-19 death are summarized in the last chapter. The book provides a valuable reference source for radiologists and doctors working in the area of coronavirus pneumonia.

Jinxin Liu is a Professor at Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiaoping Tang is Professor at Department of Infectious Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Chunliang Lei is a Professor at Department of Infectious Diseases at the same hospital as that of Jinxin Liu.